Routine vaccines
Make sure your normal vaccination schedule is up to date. Travel can expose you to infections that are uncommon at home.
Travel health
Health first.
Travel prepared.
Use the right health source for where you live, the destination you are visiting and your own circumstances. EntryAtlas keeps TravelHealthPro prominent for UK travellers while also linking official national and global guidance.
Important distinction
Recommended is not the same as required.
A destination can recommend a vaccine because of health risk without making it an entry condition. It can also require a certificate only from travellers arriving from certain places. Check the destination rule, your route and personal health advice separately.
Before you go
Eight checks before you travel.
These are planning prompts, not a diagnosis or vaccine recommendation. Your age, medical history, pregnancy, medicines, itinerary and activities can change the answer.
Destination vaccines
Some vaccines are recommended because of disease risk at your destination, itinerary, season or planned activities.
Entry certificates
A country can require proof of vaccination for entry, including yellow-fever certificates in some circumstances. A requirement is different from a recommendation.
Malaria
Risk can vary within the same country. Check whether bite prevention, antimalarial medicine or both are recommended for the places you will actually visit.
Medicines abroad
Check whether prescription or over-the-counter medicines are restricted at your destination and carry appropriate documentation where required.
Insurance & healthcare
Check what medical care is available, whether you need insurance and whether emergency evacuation cover is sensible for your itinerary.
Food, water & insects
Food hygiene, safe water and bite prevention can matter as much as vaccination in many destinations.
Environment & outbreaks
Heat, altitude, air quality and current outbreaks can change the risk picture. Re-check advice close to departure.
Official guidance by home country
Start with the service written for you.
Your passport is not necessarily where you live. Use the national traveller-health service for your place of residence or departure where one exists, then cross-check the destination's own entry rules.
GBUnited Kingdom
TravelHealthPro
Country-specific vaccine recommendations, malaria guidance, outbreaks and practical travel-health advice for UK travellers.
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) ↗USUnited StatesCDC Travelers' Health
Official U.S. destination health guidance covering vaccines, medicines and health risks.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗CACanadaTravel health and safety
Official Canadian travel-health information, destination advisories, vaccinations and health notices.
Government of Canada ↗AUAustraliaSmartraveller — Health
Official health guidance for Australians travelling overseas, used alongside destination travel advice.
Australian Government ↗NZNew ZealandSafeTravel — Health
Official pre-travel health guidance plus destination health information for New Zealand travellers.
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade ↗IEIrelandHSE vaccinations + Ireland travel advice
Official Irish vaccination information; combine it with Department of Foreign Affairs destination travel advice.
Health Service Executive / Department of Foreign Affairs ↗More national sources
Local government travel advice.
For these countries, EntryAtlas links the official outbound travel-advice service. Health information is normally included within destination guidance even where there is no separate travel-medicine portal.
FR
France travel adviceFrance Diplomatie
↗DEGermany travel adviceGerman Federal Foreign Office
↗NLNetherlands travel adviceNetherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
↗CHSwiss travel adviceSwiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
↗ATAustria travel adviceAustrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
↗ITViaggiare SicuriItalian Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Crisis Unit
↗ESSpain travel adviceSpanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
↗SESweden travel adviceSwedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
↗DKDenmark travel adviceDanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
↗NONorway travel adviceNorwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
↗FIFinland travel guidanceFinnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
↗BEBelgium travel adviceBelgian Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs
↗PLPoland travel advicePolish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
↗PTPortugal travel guidancePortuguese Government / Consular Affairs
↗JPJapan overseas safetyMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
↗INIndia travel advisoriesMinistry of External Affairs, India
↗SGSingapore MFA travel adviceMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
↗Global reference layer
WHO and supporting sources.
Use global guidance to understand international health risks and vaccination frameworks, but use the destination authority for the actual entry requirement.
World Health Organization
WHO travel advice
Global infectious-disease risks, vaccination requirements and international travel-health updates.
Open official source ↗World Health OrganizationWHO vaccines and travel
General WHO guidance on routine and travel vaccination before international travel.
Open official source ↗NHSNHS travel vaccinations
UK information on travel vaccinations, timing and where some vaccines are available.
Open official source ↗Use this with EntryAtlas
Destination guide → health source → official entry rule.
Country guides now keep these layers separate so a health recommendation is not mistaken for a border requirement.
- 01Open the destination guide and read the health summary.
- 02Use TravelHealthPro or your local national health source for traveller-health guidance.
- 03Confirm any mandatory certificate or health-entry rule with the destination authority.
EntryAtlas does not assess your personal medical circumstances. Speak to an appropriate healthcare professional when you need individual advice, especially if you have a medical condition, take regular medicine, are pregnant, are immunocompromised or are planning higher-risk travel.
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