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| Vaccinations required |
In the UK, most vaccinations can be given by the traveller's own doctor. Yellow fever vaccine can be given by some general practitioners, or this and other unusual vaccines can be obtained from the centres listed below. It is best to consult your own doctor before ringing any of the hospital-based clinics.
Vaccination requirements are listed in the Vaccinations Required chart. Please note these are only guidelines, as inoculations can change with new outbreaks of diseases, so please check with your own doctor or with a travel clinic as far in advance as possible.
This table shows immunisations that are recommended for each country. No immunisations are recommended for countries that are not listed here. Long-term travellers should also consider having the following vaccinations: BCG, diphtheria, hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis (if travelling in Asia), rabies, tick-borne encephalitis (in European forests). See also the listing of Travel health websites.
Yellow fever
In some countries, yellow fever vaccination is an entry requirement. This is noted below with (1). In other countries, it is an essential entry requirement only if the traveller has come from an infected area. This is noted with (2). In either case, the immigration authorities will require documentary proof, such as a vaccination certificate, before allowing the traveller to enter their country. (3) indicates countries where we recommend yellow fever vaccination for all travellers, although officials require a certificate only for travellers from infected areas.
Cholera
At some borders, officials may request a cholera certificate. This is an outdated requirement, since the international medical community no longer recognises cholera vaccines as significantly effective. Currently there is no cholera vaccine available in the UK.
Meningitis
This refers to meningococcal meningitis, for which vaccination is usually recommended only for long-stay travellers or during epidemics.
Malaria
In many of these countries, malaria may only be present in certain localities. Local disease conditions may vary and it is useful to ask your travel clinic for the latest advice.
| Afghanistan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Albania |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Algeria |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Angola |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Antigua & Barbuda |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Argentina |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Armenia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Australia |
Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Azerbaijan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Diphtheria
|
| Bahamas |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Bahrain |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Bangladesh |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Barbados |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Belarus |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Belize |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Benin |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Bermuda |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Bhutan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Bolivia |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Borneo (see Malaysia or Indonesia) |
|
| Bosnia Herzegovina |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Botswana |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Brazil |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Brunei |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Bulgaria |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Burkina Faso |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Burundi |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Cambodia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Cameroon |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Cape Verde |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Cayman Islands |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Central African Rep. |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Chad |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever, Meningitis
|
| Chile |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| China |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| China (Hong Kong) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| China (Macau) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Colombia |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
|
| Comoros |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Congo (Brazzaville) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Meningitis, Y. Fever
(1)
|
| Congo (DRC) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
|
| Cook Islands |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Costa Rica |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Côte d' Ivoire |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Croatia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Cuba |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Czech Republic |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Djibouti |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Dominica |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Dominican Republic |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Ecuador |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Egypt |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria , Y. Fever
(2)
|
| El Salvador |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Eritrea |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Estonia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Ethiopia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Falkland Islands |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Fiji |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| French Guiana |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
|
| French Polynesia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
|
| Gabon |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
|
| The Gambia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Georgia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Malaria
|
| Ghana |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Greece |
Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Grenada |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Guadeloupe |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Guam |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Guatemala |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Guinea Republic |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Guyana |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Haiti |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Honduras |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| India |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Indonesia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Iran |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Iraq |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Israel |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Jamaica |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Japan |
Polio, Typhoid
|
| Jordan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Kazakhstan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
, Diphtheria
|
| Kenya |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Kiribati |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Korea (North) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Korea (South) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Kuwait |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Laos |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Latvia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Lebanon |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Lesotho |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Liberia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Libya |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
, Malaria
|
| Lithuania |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diptheria
|
| Macedonia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Madagascar |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Madeira |
Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Malawi |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Malaysia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Maldives |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Mali |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Malta |
Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Martinique |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Mauritania |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
|
| Mauritius |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
, Malaria
|
| Mexico |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Moldova |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Mongolia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Monserrat |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Morocco |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Mozambique |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Myanmar (Burma) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Namibia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Nauru |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Nepal |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
, Meningitis
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| New Caledonia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Nicaragua |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Niger |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Nigeria |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Niue |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Oman |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Pakistan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Panama |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Paraguay |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Peru |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Philippines |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Pitcairn Island |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Portugal |
Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Puerto Rico |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Qatar |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Réunion |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Romania |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Russian Federation |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Rwanda |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| St. Helena |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| St Kitts & Nevis |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| St. Lucia |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| St. Maarten |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| St.Vincent & Grenada |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Samoa (American) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Yellow Fever
(2)
|
| Samoa (Western) |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| São Tomé& Principe |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Meningitis, Y. Fever
(2)
(
(1)
for pilgrims)
|
| Senegal |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Seychelles |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Sierra Leone |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Singapore |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Slovak Republic |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Slovenia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Solomon Islands |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Somalia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| South Africa |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Sri Lanka |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Sudan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Surinam |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
|
| Swaziland |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Syria |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Taiwan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Tajikistan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Diphtheria
|
| Tanzania |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Thailand |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Togo |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(1)
, Meningitis
|
| Tonga |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Tunisia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Turkey |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Turkmenistan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Diphtheria
|
| Tuvalu |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Uganda |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(3)
, Meningitis
|
| Ukraine |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| United Arab Emirates |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Uruguay |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Uzbekistan |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Diphtheria
|
| Vanuatu |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria
|
| Venezuela |
Hep. A, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
|
| Vietnam |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Virgin Islands |
Hep. A, Typhoid
|
| Yemen |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
| Yugoslavia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid
|
| Zambia |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
|
| Zimbabwe |
Hep. A, Polio, Typhoid, Malaria, Y. Fever
(2)
|
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|
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