Thread: vaccines for overseas travel

So, I called our travel center to see if they knew places to get vaccines, they mentioned to contact the health department and check the Delta website visa information section. The visa information section did not show any needed/recommended vaccines (at least where I looked).I then called my primary care office and they said to try a travel clinic as they might not have the needed vaccines. So, checked the health department website and there is a link to travel clinics. So I called the one at St. Marks and they had an opening the following day. After I called them I called our insurance provider to find out if the clinic was covered by them. I ended up finding out that the doctor I was going to visit was listed as one who took our insurance, crossing my fingers now that some of the cost will be covered. Oh, I also checked Walgreens and they said they only offered flu vaccines.The doctor recommended that I get the Hep A shots, Typhoid (I got the oral type), malaria and travelers diarrhea. His thoughts were the Heb b was not really needed-it is transferred similar to aids and we figured I was not at high risk. Rabies also came up and just suggested that I stay away from dogs (dog rabies are up in Cambodia).So, I have the 1st of 2 Hep A shots, next one in 6 months. It looks like the typhoid lasts 5 years (the injection type lasts 2 years). Not quite sure how long the malaria pills last.A quick look on the CDC website shows very similar recommendations for the places I want to travel to (Vietnam, South Africa, and Dubai). South America and Africa also have yellow fever down for being recommended with some countries not allowing travel without the proof of yellow fever vaccine.So, I would check with your primary care to see if they offer the recommended vaccines that are shown on the CDC website, might save some money. I will post when I find out what is covered and was not covered. The doctor thought that the Hep A should be covered as it is now a routine vaccine that children get. He also thinks one of the malaria options is covered. I will check the list of covered prescriptions to see if any of them are listed.