Any vaccination needed before going to Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia?

Question

It'll be a 2 weeks visit.

Answer 1

Call the hospital and ask about that, PLEASE. Be safe. Those countries have some serious diseases, protect yourself dear.

Answer 2

absolutely yes.

go to www.traveldoctor.com.au

for travel health advice, vaccinations, insect repellents, anti malarials.

you can also purchase travel medical kits.  worth their weight in gold if you get deli belly/diaharroea.

there is a TMVC in Brisbane - your one stop shop for everything.

Answer 3

I have been travelling about Asia Pacific for 15 years without having first been punctured by a medic, and have never been infected with anything more serious than a common cold. (Touchwood).

But then I've always been foolhardy.

The medical advice will probably be to have Hepatitis injections and take anti-malaria medication some weeks before travelling.  But if you read the leaflet that comes with the anti-malaria pills, you may feel that the disease can't be as bad as the cure! In fact Dengue Fever is a far more common mosquito-borne infection in South East Asia than is Malaria, and there doesn't appear to be any precautionary preparation against that.  A mosquito-repellant is probably a better option.   Unless you plan to spend a lot of time in rural areas or rain forests, I would advise against making yourself ill by worrying about what might make you ill.

Eat healthily (the wonderful fruits here are dirt cheap) and bathe regularly (I assume you're not French and therefore this latter advice is not a cultural taboo?) and enjoy.

Answer 4

You need more vaccination after you visited these countries.