“I would like to travel here for ….. wks, which vaccine will you recommend?” This is a very common question in our travel clinic. Unfortunately, to answer this basic question is not as easy as it seems. Practically, we could not answer this question at once; we have to ask many questions back to obtain…
DetailsIn our travel clinic, people sometimes show us their malaria map which they printed from the Internet. Maps are very useful especially in the risk assessment process. They let us know roughly about the situation of malaria in that area. Unfortunately, not all maps are reliable. Some are out-of-date, some are mislabeled, and some are totally…
DetailsRisk for individual travelers to get malaria in Thailand is not the same. Some individual may carry higher risk than the others. Risk to get malaria depends on many factors such as 1. Destination. You have NO risk if you travel only in Bangkok, Pattaya, Samui island, Phuket and the urban area. You may have some…
DetailsThis is one of the most common questions being asked in our travel clinic. Basically, we would say NO and this recommendation is the same as which is issued by the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand. There are several reasons why we do not recommend the use of antimalarial medication in Thailand. 1. The…
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