Before you travel clinic Maidenhead, make sure you have taken necessary vaccinations. Travel Vaccines, are so called because they are for protection against diseases endemic to specific regions. As you know, vaccines tend to prevent infections. Though there is no 100% guarantee against infections, it is certain that vaccines serve to reduce the intensity of the infection, if per chance you do contract it. So you needs to find the travel clinic for it. 

There are a host of diseases you don’t want anything to do with, especially when you are out traveling. Some diseases have no cure, others are treatable. Prevention is better than cure. You should plan to take vaccination doses as prescribed sufficiently ahead of travel date.

WHO lists these diseases as preventable by vaccination:

• Congenital Rubella Syndrome
• Diphtheria
• Japanese encephalitis
• Measles
• Mumps
• Neonatal tetanus
• Pertussis
• Poliomyelitis
• Rubella
• Total tetanus
• Yellow fever

Almost all vaccines are extensively tried and tested products and you can safely take these to protect yourself against catching specific diseases. Your doctor will prescribe the right vaccine dose and the form – you may take it either orally or as an injectable. Prior to administering a vaccine, the doctor will ask about your health status, prior history of vaccinations and if you are pregnant. Infants and small children can also be given appropriate doses of vaccines. A vaccine primes your own body’s defenses to build resistance to specific infections by strengthening your immune system.

Vaccines induce your immune system to generate antibodies, just in the way it does when you actually get exposed to a disease. Vaccines usually contain inactivated (dead) or live-attenuated (weakened) forms of germs – bacteria or viruses. The other types of vaccines are: Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines, Toxoid vaccines and Viral vector vaccines. Contrary to myths circulated sometimes, vaccines do not cause the disease nor any associated complications.     

You must protect yourself by taking many of these vaccines in the normal course, but a few must be taken as travel vaccines when you intend to visit regions where the disease is endemic:  

• Cholera – 2 Doses
• Hepatitis A– 1 Dose
• Hepatitis A and B – 3 Doses
• Hepatitis A and Typhoid – 1 Dose
• Hepatitis B – 3 Doses
• Japanese Encephalitis – 2 Doses
• Measles, Mumps, and Rubella – 1-2 Doses
• Meningitis ACWY – 1 Dose
• Polio, diphtheria & tetanus – 1 Dose
• Rabies – 3 Doses
• Tick-borne Encephalitis – 3 Doses
• Typhoid – 1 Dose

While there is a case for taking precautions against all infections, it is especially important to take travel vaccines for region-specific diseases. Before traveling to regions that are known to suffer from a high incidence of specific diseases, you must take vaccinations against those diseases. It is best to seek an appointment with a doctor at the Travel Clinic who will advise you about the vaccines you ought to take. Do check with the doctor at the Travel Vaccine center, 8 to 10 weeks ahead of the date of your departure, because after the doctor gives you an appointment, s/he may plan a schedule of vaccination doses spanning two months.