Before you travel prepare yourself to stay healthy during your trip, hence make an appointment with travel health/vaccination provider at least one month before your schedule to see what vaccines or medicines you may need as most vaccinations are valid weeks after vaccination and what diseases or health risks is currently concerning at your destination. For further information use the checklist here.
Travel health/vaccination provider can help you get destination specific and itinerary related vaccines, medicines, and information. Hence better to share the following information about yourself or your trip with your travel health/vaccination provider
Special conditions such as pregnancy, allergies, or chronic health problems.
Destinations on your itinerary.
Timing and length of your trip.
Planned activities.
Type of travel (business, r travel).
Prepare a travel health kit with especially those items that may be difficult to find during travel or at your destination including your prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines in your travel health kit and plus depending on your destination include but not limited to alcohol based hand sanitizer, water treatment tablets, insect repellent.
