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Do you know which medicines you should take with you on your travels?

By accessing the interactive part of this web site you can obtain a list of all the medicines necessary for your trip.

Whether you are going on a holiday to a beach resort or a full blown expedition to some remote location.

However long you will be away or however many people will be in your group, wherever you are going and whatever you are doing, you can obtain your own customised list.

To access this special service:-

 
 
UK Money Transfer
 

Do you know which medicines you should take with you on your travels?

By accessing the interactive part of this web site you can obtain a list of all the medicines necessary for your trip.

Whether you are going on a holiday to a beach resort or a full blown expedition to some remote location.

However long you will be away or however many people will be in your group, wherever you are going and whatever you are doing, you can obtain your own customised list.

To access this special service:-

 
 
UK Money Transfer
 
 
 
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Vaccinations and Malaria Prophylaxis
for travellers to North America & the Caribbean
Click on the name of the required country or scroll down for the relevant information
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica

Dominican Republic
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti

Hawaii
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles

Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & the
Grenadines
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos
United States of America
Virgin Islands
 
A key to the abbreviations used and information on the different
anti-malarial drug regimens can be found below the main tables
 
 
YEL

Yellow Fever

HEP A

Hepatitis A

TYP

Typhoid

TET

Tetanus

POL

Polio

MEN

Meningitis

ENC

Jap. B Encephalitis

DIP
Diphtheria
RAB

Rabies

HEP B

Hepatitis B

 
M

Vaccination is mandatory and a certificate of vaccination is required for entry.

C
A certificate of vaccination may be required if entering from an endemic country, (except for children <1 year old).
R

Vaccination is recommended for the country but no evidence is required for entry.

L

Long Term. Vaccination recommended for travellers staying in endemic areas for 3 months or more. Except Japanese B Encephalitis <1 month.

COUNTRY
MALARIA
REGIMEN
YEL
HEP
A
TYP
TET
POL
MEN
ENC
DIP
RAB
HEP
B
Anguilla
No malaria risk
-
C
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Antigua & Barbuda
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Aruba
No malaria risk
-
C
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Bahamas
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Barbados
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Canada
No malaria risk
-
-
-
-
R
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cayman Islands
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Cuba
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Dominica
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
COUNTRY
MALARIA
REGIMEN
YEL
HEP
A
TYP
TET
POL
MEN
ENC
DIP
RAB
HEP
B
Dominican Republic
malaria risk in the whole country
all year round although the risk is greater in the western provinces of Castanuelas, Hondo Valley and Pepilla Salcedo in rural areas including game parks. There is less risk in the east and in built up tourist resorts but periodic outbreaks do occur in these areas.

3
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Greenland
No malaria risk
-
-
-
-
R
-
-
-
-
-
-
Grenada
No malaria risk
-
C
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Guadeloupe
No malaria risk
-
C
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Haiti
malaria risk in the whole country
all year round. High risk in forest areas of Chantal, Gros Morne, Hinche and Jacmel Maissade. The risk in other areas is lower.
3
C
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Hawaii
No malaria risk
-
-
R
-
R
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jamaica
No malaria risk
-
C
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Martinique
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Montserrat
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
Netherlands Antilles
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-
-
COUNTRY
MALARIA
REGIMEN
YEL
HEP
A
TYP
TET
POL
MEN
ENC
DIP
RAB
HEP
B
Puerto Rico
No malaria risk
-
-
R
R
R
R
-
-
-
-