Melbourne Paediatric Specialists includes a Travel Clinic for children and their families.
Our clinic provides a comprehensive service to advise on appropriate pre-travel vaccinations and disease prevention for children and their families visiting countries overseas.
The Travel Clinic is run by infectious diseases specialists with particular expertise and experience in pre-travel vaccinations for children and families.
They will provide the latest information on the health requirements in the countries children and families may visit. They can also provide up-to-date information on disease outbreaks and advise on ways of preventing or treating these diseases. In addition, our infectious diseases specialists are experts in treating diseases that occur in returned travellers.
We are pleased to announce that we have restarted BCG vaccination in our child and family travel clinic. Although there is a worldwide shortage of BCG vaccine, we now have access to a new supply of BCG.
BCG vaccination can be given from birth up to the age of 5 years to protect against tuberculosis (TB).
It is recommended for babies, infants and young children travelling to countries where tuberculosis is common, including India, China, Vietnam and other countries in Asia, Africa and South America.
Influenza (flu) is a highly contagious viral infection that is responsible for major outbreaks of respiratory illness around the world, usually in the winter months. Unlike the common cold, influenza can cause severe illness and life-threatening complications such as pneumonia and bronchitis, which often require hospitalisation.
We can provide advice on all immunisations including influenza vaccine and other routine childhood vaccinations.
The flu vaccine can be provided to parents during your travel clinic appointment.
The Travel Clinic has a dedicated and experienced specialist Immunisation Nurse who can vaccinate children and their families immediately after a consultation with the travel doctor providing a ‘one-stop shop’ for all pre-travel medical requirements.
Contact Melbourne Paediatric Specialists →Professor Nigel Curtis and Dr Amanda Gwee are Travel Medicine specialists consulting at Melbourne Paediatric Specialists.
