[Medical travel counseling and vaccinations]

Abstract

The art of travel advice is based on clear and regularly updated information. It aims at covering the specific needs of individual travellers and benefits from the experience of the professional advisor. Frequently occurring and life-threatening health problems are deal with in the first place. Recommendations on prophylactic measures are a challenge for the advisor as they require the active collaboration of the traveller. Vaccinations on the other hand require less compliance of the traveller. Routine vaccinations against hepatitis A and B, diphtheria and tetanus, and against measles are discussed in line with compulsory vaccinations for certain countries (yellow fever, cholera, meningitis A + C) and with vaccinations against special risks.