Yukon Immunize

Travelling

If you’re planning to travel, there are additional immunizations you might need. Some diseases are very rare or don’t exist in Canada, but may be very common where you’re planning to go.

The recommended immunizations depend on several factors:

• What country you are travelling to
• What you plan on doing while you are there
• What time of the year you are travelling
• Your current health status
• Your age

Here’s a list of diseases your doctor may recommend getting immunized against.  These include diseases that are a part of routine immunization in Yukon, as well as ones that might be recommended if you are travelling outside Canada.

Check with your community health centre to ensure your immunizations are up to date six weeks prior to travelling

chicken pox (varicella) cholera diphtheria European tick-borne encephalitis Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Hepatitis A Hepatitis B HPV (human papillomavirus) influenza Japanese encephalitis

Measles (red measles) meningitis (meningococcal disease A, C, Y W-135) mumps pneumonia (pneumococcal disease) polio rabies rubella (German measles) shingles (varicella zoster) tetanus typhoid whooping cough (pertussis ) yellow fever

For more information on travel immunizations:

Travel Health Information

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/index-eng.php

Advisories and Reports: International Travel

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/pub-eng.php

Outbreaks

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ccdrw-rmtch/index-eng.php

CATMAT: Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/catmat-ccmtmv/index-eng.php

WHO (World Health Organization) International Travel and Health

http://www.who.int/ith/en/

http://www.voyage.gc.ca/