For most travelers, a common-sense approach to your health whilst abroad will ensure a trouble-free visit, and the chances are that you will feel far healthier and fitter after your holiday than before it. Food in South-East Asia is both nutritious and healthy, with an emphasis on rice and noodles accompanied by fresh vegetables, meats, seafood, and an abundance of fresh fruit.
Before you depart
Whilst planning a trip to Asia, it is important to consider the possible requirement for vaccinations and immunizations. Most importantly, we stress that you should contact your doctor or medical practitioner well before you depart, since you may well require vaccinations for your trip. If you have travelled recently and believe that you are already up-to-date with your vaccinations, it is still worth checking as vaccinations have a varying life span. You can use a specialist vaccination clinic for this service; however, they can be expensive, and may recommend vaccinations that are not essential for your holiday.
Whilst away
There is a very varied level of medical care across the Asian region. Some countries can quite rightly boast hospitals that put many of the western hospitals to shame, while others lag far behind.
That said, in an emergency you are unlikely to be more than a day’s travel from a well-equipped hospital, and you are advised to inform your guide immediately if you are feeling unwell. Illnesses detected in their early stages can usually be effectively treated with no long lasting effects.
Please note: treatment abroad can be expensive, and you must arrange comprehensive travel insurance prior to departure.
Recommended vaccinations for all travel to Asia
We do consider ourselves to be experts in many things Asian, but we are not medical professionals, and have not undertaken the many years of training required to allow us to claim to be so.
The contents of this page are intended as a guide only, and do not replace the need for you to seek your own medical advice and care in certain circumstances.
The following is a summary of the vaccinations usually recommended for travel in Asia:
Hepatitis A/Typhoid /Malaria/Cholera/Rabies