#2 - Immunizations and Malaria Prophylaxis

It’s a given. You will need to head down to a clinic or a center where the attending physician will give you a variety of jabs before you have to disappear to anywhere exotic. It’s only common sense. Majority of the important immunization shots you get will be boosters of the one you had as a kid. Think twice before getting the whole deal as these shots are expensive and many, such as Japanese B Encephalitis and Rabies, are of debatable necessity considering where you’re going.

Some common shots recommended if you’re traveling to the Caribbean include the following:

• Typhoid (3 years)

• Meningitis (A+C)

• Diphtheria (10 years)

• Hepatitis A (two doses, 10 years – or immunoglobulin that will last for 3-6 months)

• Polio (10 years)