Immunizations

In general, it is recommended that all of your domestic immunizations be up-to-date before traveling. A few countries have requirements for specific travel vaccines but most have recommendations only.

• If you are getting your health clearance done at SHS, you may update your domestic immunizations - Hepatitis B, MMR, Meaning meningitis, Td, & Influenza (between 10/1 and 3/1 only) - during your health clearance visit.
  
• If you are going to a country that recommends travel vaccines or malaria prophylaxis, then you MUST make arrangements for a travel consultation and for obtaining the appropriate immunizations through the SHS Travel & Immunization Clinic.
  
• Please note: No orders will be written for travel immunizations or malaria prophylaxis without a travel & immunization clinic visit.
  
• For more information about specific vaccines as well as links to other informative health web sites, please visit our page on Traveler's Vaccination Information.

Immunization Recommendation Chart

Country/University	Required and Recommended Immunizations or Malaria Prophylaxis
Australia	Recommended - Hepatitis A, Yellow fever if arriving from infected areas; Australian Consulate may request students to have a full physical including a chest x-ray.
Barbados	Required - Yellow fever if arriving from endemic areas such as Brazil. Recommended - Hepatitis A and B
Brazil	Required - Yellow fever if arriving from Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, French Guyana, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Buinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Congo, or Venezuela. Recommended - For rural travel - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, malaria prophylaxis in some areas, possibly rabies.
Canada	Recommended - Hepatitis B if going to Northwest Territories or Harbor Bay coastal areas.
Czech Republic	Recommended - Hepatitis A and B, Diphtheria vaccine
Chile	Recommended - Hepatitis A, typhoid.
China- Semester or Summer	Required - Yellow fever if arriving from infected areas. Recommended - Typhoid, influenza, polio, Hepatitis A, malaria prophylaxis in some areas, Hepatitis B, possibly Japanese Encephalitis, and rabies.
China- Year Programs	Required - Yellow fever if arriving from infected areas. All tests indicated on Chinese health form. See Physicals. Recommended - Typhoid, influenza, polio, Hepatitis A, malaria prophylaxis in some areas, Hepatitis B, possibly Japanese Encephalitis, and rabies.
Costa Rica	Recommended - Typhoid (if traveling to Nicaragua and for Tropical Biology program), Hepatitis A, malaria prophylaxis in some rural areas.
Egypt	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from a country ANY PART OF WHICH IS INFECTED. Cholera Vaccine only if coming from a country with an outbreak of cholera. Recommended - MMR, Diptheria, Tenanus, polio, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, typhoid, malaria prophylaxis in some areas at some times, meningococcal meningitis.
France	Recommended- Hepatitis A and B vaccines
Germany	Recommended - Hepatitis A and B vaccines.
Ghana	Required - Yellow fever (documentation required for visa), malaria prophylaxis Recommended - Polio, typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, meningococcal meningitis, possibly rabies.
Hong Kong	Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, possibly Japanese encephalitis for some areas at some times.
Hungary	Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A.
India	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from infected areas. Cholera vaccine if traveling on to Asia or Africa. Recommended - Polio, typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, meningococcal meningitis, malaria prophylaxis in some areas, possibly rabies, possibly Japanese encephalitis.
Ireland	Recommended - meningococcal meningitis (group C). May be required after arrival by some host universities.
Israel	Recommended - Polio, typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B.
Italy	Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B.
Japan	Recommended - Hepatitis A, possibly Japanese encephalitis.
Korea	Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, flu vaccine, possibly Japanese encephalitis.
Mexico	Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, malaria prophylaxis in rural areas.
New Zealand	Recommended - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B.
Philippines	Required - Yellow fever vaccine if arriving from infected areas. Recommended - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, possibly Japanese encephalitis, malaria prophylaxis in some areas.
Russia	Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Ensure Td is up to date
Singapore	Required - Yellow fever if arriving from infected countries. Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, flu vaccine, possibly Japanese encephalitis.
South Africa	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from infected areas. Recommended - Polio, typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, malaria prophylaxis in some areas, Rabies for travel to Natal or Durban.
Spain	Recommended - Typhoid, tetanus, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, pneumococcal vaccine for some.
Taiwan	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from infected areas. Recommended - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, possibly Japanese encephalitis.
Thailand	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from infected areas. Recommended - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, flu vaccine, malaria phrophylaxis, possibly rabies and Japanese encephalitis.
Turkey	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from infected areas. Strongly Reccomended- Typhoid, Hepatitis A and B. Recommended - MMR, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, flu vaccine, malaria prophylaxis in some areas.
United Kingdom	Recommended - meningococcal meningitis (Group C). May be required after arrival by some host universities.
Vietnam	Required - Yellow fever if traveling from infected areas. Recommended - Polio, typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, flu vaccine, malaria prophylaxis, Japanese encephalitis for those traveling to rural areas.