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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 Australasia & the Pacific Islands
Click on the name of the required country or scroll down for the relevant information
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Easter Islands
Fiji
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
Polynesia (French)
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
 
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
American Samoa
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Australia
No malaria risk
- C - - R - - - - - -
Cook Islands
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
Easter Island
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
Fiji
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Guam
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
Kiribati
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Marshall Islands
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
COUNTRY
MALARIA
REGIMEN
YEL
HEP
A
TYP
TET
POL
MEN
ENC
DIP
RAB
HEP
B
Micronesia (Federated States)
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
Nauru
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
New Caledonia
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
New Zealand
No malaria risk
- - - - R - - - - - -
Niue
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Palau
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Papua New Guinea
The risk is substantial throughout the country in areas below 1800m all year round. The risk is less but still present in Port Moresby.
1 C R R R R - - L - L
Pitcairn Island
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
COUNTRY
MALARIA
REGIMEN
YEL
HEP
A
TYP
TET
POL
MEN
ENC
DIP
RAB
HEP
B
Polynesia (French, including Tahiti)
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Samoa (western)
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Solomon Islands
malaria risk in all areas all year round except outlying eastern and southern islets,
1 C R R R R - - L - L
Tokelau
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
Tonga
No malaria risk
- C R R R R - - L - L
Tuvalu
No malaria risk
- - R R R R - - L - L
Vanuatu
malaria risk in all areas below 1800m,
all year round
1 - R R R R - - L - L
 
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.