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Travel Health Advice

Another service offered to you at your GP surgery (primary care practice) is advice and immunisation before you go to another country. While you are likely to have the immunisations needed to live in New Zealand, there may be other injections you need to protect yourself before going for example to Africa or South America. In some places you will need protection from rabies or malaria. Yellow fever vaccinations are only available at approved centres; please click here to view the centres in New Zealand. Your doctor will be able to tell you what diseases you will need to be protected from in any named country and advise you on other medical matters. 

Another service offered to you at your GP surgery (primary care service) is advice and immunisation before you go to another country.  While you are likely to have the immunisations needed to live in New Zealand, there may be other injections you need to protect yourself before going, for example, to Africa, South Amercia or Asia.  In some places you will need protection from rabies or malaria.  Yellow fever vaccinations are only available at approved centres; The Doctors Whakatipu is an accredited Yellow Fever vaccination site.   Your GP travel nurse will be able to tell you what diseases you will need to be protected from in any named country and advise you on other medical/ travel matters.

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This page was last updated at 1:26PM on March 26, 2024. This information is reviewed and edited by The Doctors Whakatipu.