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Travel clinics are for people who will be travelling and may need immunization and advice on how to protect their health while away from home.
Travel clinics do not provide telephone consultations. Appointments are required. Call 519-883-2007. It is recommended that you book your appointment 4-6 weeks prior to travelling.
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99 Regina St. South
2nd Floor
Waterloo, ON
519-883-2007 | Clinic Hours:
Tuesdays 8:40 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Wednesdays 1 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Fridays 8:40 a.m. - 11 a.m.
(By appointment only)
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The travel clinic provides clients with pre-travel counselling along with immunizations and medications needed to stay healthy while travelling abroad.
Immunization for each traveller is based on an assessment of risk factors such as destination, duration of travel, and style of travel. Health hazards which may be encountered by the traveller are discussed. These include unsafe food and water, malaria, insect and animal bites, sexually transmitted disease, sun exposures, and accidents.
The clinic provides a comprehensive range of vaccines against the following diseases:
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Typhoid Fever
- Meningococcal Disease
- Rabies
- Cholera
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- Japanese Encephalitis
- Yellow Fever
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Polio
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella
- Influenza
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis
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There is an administrative fee to attend the clinic as well as a fee for most of the vaccines. OHIP does not cover travel consultations but some vaccines may be covered by third party drug plans. Check with your insurance provider.
For further information regarding risks by country, immunization, and prevention guidelines for travel click here.
For up to date information regarding travel-related diseases and current recommendations and outbreaks refer to the following websites:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/pub_e.html - Public Health Agency of Canada, outbreak advisories, guidelines for disease prevention while travelling (listed by disease), link to a list of travel clinics across Canada, vaccine information in the Canadian Immunizatin Guide, updated every four years
www.cdc.gov/travel - Centres for Disease Control - "Yellow Book" Health Information for International Travel - current yellow fever, malaria areas, preventative malaria medications, other travel risks
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