International Travel Immunization Program

St. Elizabeth Business Health offers complete business or leisure travel immunization consultations with a licensed physician utilizing the current information available on diseases and illnesses affecting travelers. Most general practitioners do not have the resources to stay up to date on rapidly changing social and health conditions throughout the world. Our professional staff will research the information specific to your travel destination including information regarding recent outbreaks that can affect your travel plans by utilizing the following resources:

• The Center for Disease Control
• World Health Organization
• U.S. State Department
• Travax EnCompass

Vaccines that are available for adults include:

• Yellow Fever (available for those age 7 and older)
• International Certificate of Vaccination for Yellow Fever
• Typhoid (available for those age 7 and older)
• Hepatitis A & B*
• Polio
• Measles, Mumps, Rubella
• Tetanus/Diphtheria
• Varicella*
• Meningococcal
• Pre-exposure Rabies*
  * require multiple injection/must be started 4-6 weeks prior to travel
  

Preventative treatment available for:

• Travelers diarrhea
• Preventative medications for Malaria
• Jet lag
• Altitude sickness
• Travel sickness

Educational information available regarding the following:

• Vector borne diseases
• Diseases found in food and water
• Diseases transmitted from person to person

For further information please contact: Joan Hersh RN, at 859-301-7839 or email jhersh@stelizabeth.com