Healthed Australia

Travel medicine tips and traps

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  • Ensure full courses of all basic vaccines are given for those who travel
  • Extra vaccines for the very young (for those who may not have complete courses), especially the measles vaccine, which is important
  • Speak to pregnant mothers and mothers of little children who come from countries with high TB risk about BCG vaccinations for their children if they plan on visiting family overseas
  • Patients who are going onto long term immunosuppressives (such as TNF inhibitors) and wish to travel to high-risk countries should have live vaccines BEFORE commencing such treatment

    • Host: David Lim | Total Time: 28 min

    Guest: Dr Deb Mills, Medical Director; Dr Deb the Travel Doctor

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