Where you are going
Travel vaccines by destination
The ten countries we are asked about most, with what CDC recommends for each, what we give, and what it costs.
The vaccines you need depend on where you are going, how long you are staying and what you will be doing there. These pages cover the destinations our patients ask about most often, including where the yellow fever certificate is a legal entry requirement and where malaria tablets are genuinely needed. Whatever your destination, we give the vaccines, sign the certificates and write the prescriptions at a single visit at 110 East 55th Street in Midtown East.
Kenya
Yellow fever for the game parks, malaria tablets almost everywhere, and the certificate signed on site.
Tanzania
Safari, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar. Whether you need the yellow card depends on your routing.
India
Typhoid first, then hepatitis A, and malaria advice that turns on your itinerary.
Thailand
Hepatitis A and typhoid. Most tourist itineraries need no malaria tablets at all.
Vietnam
Hepatitis A and B and typhoid, with Japanese encephalitis for rural or longer stays.
Peru
Cusco and Machu Picchu need neither yellow fever nor malaria tablets. The Amazon changes that.
Brazil
Yellow fever is now recommended for Rio and Sao Paulo themselves, not just the Amazon.
Ghana
The yellow fever certificate is required of every arriving traveler, and malaria tablets are countrywide.
Nigeria
Yellow fever for everyone, and the heaviest malaria burden of any country in the world.
Hajj and Umrah
Saudi Arabia requires the meningococcal ACWY certificate, given at least 10 days before you arrive.
Going somewhere else
These ten are a starting point, not a limit. We see travelers going everywhere, and the consultation is the same wherever you are headed: we go through your itinerary, your health history and your vaccination records, then give what you need that day. Call (212) 734-3000 or book online (opens in a new tab) and tell us where you are going.
You may also want the full list of travel vaccines we keep in stock, how malaria prevention works, or the yellow fever vaccine and the yellow card.