Depending on the country a traveler is considering to visit, he exposes himself to specific risks of infection. These risks vary greatly upon different factors: destination, duration of trip, type of trip and the possibilities of an epidemic. Deaths have occurred in tourists non-vaccinated against yellow fever, for example, which is particularly virulent in Africa and intertropical America (Bolivia, Peru, Columbia, Equator…). Other infections and diseases such as hepatitis A and B, diarrhea and malaria prey on the incorrectly informed, non-vaccinated traveler. Water, food and insects are transmitters of often dreadful diseases.

Well informed of the sanitary conditions of different regions of the world and of the associated risks of infection, the physicians and health professionals of RocklandMD offer information services, medical consultations and vaccination to groups, businesses/companies and individuals before and after a vacation or business trip.

During the pre-vacation consultation, preferably scheduled many weeks before your departure, our team of experts will inform you of the dangers of infection and disease and, if necessary, prescribe the appropriate vaccination. Many serious infectious diseases can be avoided through adequate vaccination. The pre-vacation consultation will also serve to assess the efficacy of the routine vaccines that you have already received (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps and rubella).

The post-vacation consultation will evaluate any changes to your health status. Depending of the visited regions, tests to detect the presence of infections could be useful.

Let us remind ourselves that vaccination protects individuals against serious and invalidating diseases and preserves the collective health by avoiding the contagion at the origin of epidemics.

N.B.  You need to schedule your consultation at least six weeks before your departure.