EDUVAC Vaccination Competence

Travelling outside your country may require, apart from other things, immunisation against some infectious diseases. It is very important for the travellers to seek for proper advice before departure and check if their immunisation status is up-to-date in order to stay safe and healthy during and after the trip. 

Pretravel consultation

Self-evaluation questionnaire

Travellers may assess themselves about their vaccination needs. The assessment is based on:

• Destination/s (more than one countries)
• Duration and season
• Style/reason of travel  (independent traveller, work, tourism, education, adventure)
• Individual’s health history (age, gender, underling health conditions, allergies, medication)

Check yourself to the link below to see how it works: 
Global TravEpiNet. https://gten.travel/prep/prep

Traveller's health history

Personal data & trip details. Τravel destination, the area where the traveler will stay, the accommodation and the activities the traveler will take part will consult the travelers for vaccinations.

Health history. We need to know if there is a current infection or any chronic disease taking also medication, so that we consult accordingly the traveler. Allergies should be known so that we will proceed with vaccinations or not.

Vaccinations history. Travellers need to be vaccinated with all routine vaccines before their trip despite the travel vaccines they may need.

Ethics. The vaccinator should be aware of current travel health guidelines provide up-to-date information to the travellers and inform about the potential side effects. Thus, it is important to obtain an informed consent which in some countries may be required to be in written form (Leggat, 2006). 

Watch the video below to learn more:

Immunisation condition before departure 

Vaccines protect travellers from getting diseases when visiting other countries. The risk of travel-related illness varies depending on destination and traveller characteristics.  Thus, travellers should seek health advice or visit a travel health clinic at least 4-8 weeks before departure.

What vaccines are required before travelling? Review routine vaccinations and those required or recommended according to the destination country.  

In this section, you can find information about the vaccinations for travellers that in most countries are not included in their national vaccination programmes. For example, Yellow Fever, Cholera, Rabies, Typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis, Tick-Borne Encephalitis. However, we need to remember that the travellers should be up to date on routine vaccinations while travelling to any destination. It is a good opportunity to review the immunization status of the traveller. To study more about routine vaccines, please see the section "Vaccination basics". 

Vaccination for travellers 

Self-tests and assignments

Further reading

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