Tottenham Court Road Travel Clinic

What vaccinations are available?

We provide essential travel vaccinations to keep you safe, no matter where in the world you’re going, including the top ten most popular inoculations. And we take pride in staying bang up to date with the latest travel warnings, advising you about which vaccinations will best suit your specific circumstances.

1. Cholera – Common in Africa, Central America and Asia, cholera is an infection spread by bacteria in contaminated food and water.
2. Hepatitis A – Contaminated faecal matter spreads hepatitis A, a disease often caught via infected food and water and common across in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America
3. Hepatitis B – Unprotected sex is usually responsible for hepatitis A infection, along with sharing needles, visiting dirty tattoo parlours, unhygienic barbers shops and nail salons. It’s common in both undeveloped and developed countries
4. Japanese Encephalitis – Spread by mosquitoes, there’s no cure for this disease found across South East Asia, Japan, and tropical regions of Australia. There are also occasional epidemics in China and India
5. Tick-borne Encephalitis – A tick-borne virus found in eastern, northern and central Europe as well as eastern Russia, east Asia, China and Japan
6. Malaria – A highly dangerous disease spread by infected mosquitoes, malaria is common in the equatorial tropics and subtropics
7. Meningitis – A bacterial infection, this disease tends to be commonest in sub-Saharan Africa. But it’s also sometimes found where it’s crowded and where there’s imperfect hygiene, for example universities and army camps
8. Rabies – Infected animal and human bites and scratches spread this awful disease, which is particularly common in Thailand, Brazil and India
9. Typhoid – Bacteria are responsible for this infection and it’s found throughout the world, a risk wherever sanitation and hygiene are poor
10. Yellow Fever – Spread by mosquitoes and particularly common across Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya, Brazil, Peru and Columbia, Yellow Fever vaccinations are often a must have if you’ve travelled through or to a country where there’s an outbreak