UMEM Educational Pearls

Category: International EM

Title: Vaccinations you need for disaster relief work in the Philippines

Keywords: Vaccine, disaster, international, (PubMed Search)

Posted: 2/26/2014 by Andrea Tenner, MD
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Bottom Line:

Routine immunizations (make sure you don’t need boosters!) : Hep A/B, Tetanus, Measles, Influenza
Vaccines for disaster relief purposes where sanitation is a concern: typhoid, cholera
Japanese encephalitis if you plan to be rural areas for > 1 month or spend substantial time outdoors
Rabies if you might encounter animal bites, bats
Yellow fever
Malaria prophylaxis (not really a vaccine but necessary)

University of Maryland Section of Global Emergency Health

Author: Veronica Pei

Use the CDC web module for travelers:

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list