Monday, May 6, 2013

Things to look-in before visiting a travel clinic!

Are you heading for a trip to abroad? If yes, then first thing you need to do is visit a travel clinic. They would provide you all necessary information regarding the diseases prevalent in the high risky areas and a way to secure yourself from those diseases.

Mentioned below are few aspects about, which one should be aware of before consulting a travel clinic in NYC:

  • Do they provide up-to-date information: The first and foremost thing needed to be checked is that do travel clinic provide up-to-date information regarding the diseases prevalent in the disease prone areas. This is important for a traveler to know as it would make him or her aware about the place where he or she would be heading for the trip. For example, if one is visiting sub - Saharan Africa and tropical South America then travel clinic specialist would tell the traveler about the yellow fever disease, prevalent in that area.
  • Are all necessary vaccinations provided: In regard to the trip, where the traveler is going all necessary vaccinations are provided to them. Vaccinations are divided into three categories:
  1. Routine– Under this category general vaccinations are being provided like chickenpox, mums, measles and polio, which usually we get in our younger age.
  2. Recommended- These vaccinations are not must but yes they are recommended to the traveler to be on a safe side.
  3. Required- This category include the vaccines, which are must to be taken and are essential according to international health regulations. If one does not take the vaccines covered under it then they won’t be allowed to enter into the country (where one had to go).
  • Do they have experienced doctors: Likewise hospitals and clinics have skilled and certified doctors, travel clinics also have experienced doctors who have complete knowledge about the diseases and the vaccines.
  • Do they provide medications also: Apart from providing vaccinations, travel clinics of New York City also provide necessary medications that help to cover the traveler from various other possibilities of diseases prevalent in the area where one is visiting?
  • Is international certificate provided: After getting all the required vaccines, travel clinic would provide international certificate. This acts as a proof of one being vaccinated. Thus one must ask the travel clinic that whether they would provide the certificate or not as without it no country would allow the traveler to enter.