Travel immunization is a cost effective program. It provides high level immunity against a range of general and travel specific pathogens. There are more vaccines available as research and development of vaccines progresses. Some vaccines require multiple doses to induce long lasting protective immunity, and some will only induce protective immunity for a limited period of time. On the other hand, pre-travel consultation is interactive and must be individualized. A thorough systematic approach is required along with knowledge of disease risks and vaccine details. Recommendation of vaccines should be based on travel illness epidemiology, and be appropriate to the traveler's needs and budget. The health situation in most African countries requires visitors to be up to date with all common childhood vaccines which include Hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and polio. If you are ready to travel to African countries along with your kids, be very much sure that they have all these travel vaccinations.
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