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More than 61 million U.S. residents are expected to travel internationally. Yet a large majority of them will not do the one thing that could mean the difference between a successful trip and a disaster: get vaccinated against diseases prevalent in the countries they’ll be visiting.

Studies have shown that while individuals believed that vaccines were effective for disease prevention, few are vaccinated for their journey.

It is important to plan ahead. Some vaccinations are given in a 2 to 3 shot series over a period of time. It takes 14 to 30 days from the time of the immunization forsome antibody production to take place. Certain vaccines for different diseases should be administered 4 weeks apart.

VNS provides:

• Pre-travel Health Counseling & Recommendations with no consultation fee
• Comprehensive Travax Traveler Health Report, which include daily updates about activities of concern in other countries
• Yellow Fever certification site
• Malaria Information
• Education Packet
• Tuberculin Testing

Vaccines offered are:

• Flu
• Flu Mist
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Measles-Mumps-Rubella
• Meningitis
• Pneumonia
• Polio
• Rabies
• Tetanus-Diphtheria
• Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis
• Tuberculin Testing
• Twinrix (Hepatitis A & B)
• Typhoid & Typhoid Oral
• Varicella/ Chickenpox
• Yellow Fever

In addition, we also offer:

• Shingles (Zoster) for individuals 60 years and above

Vaccinations are provided at our office, 4701 N. Keystone Ave., Indianapolis. VNS offers to go out to any site without charge when five or more individuals are receiving vaccinations.

For more information on our program you may call the Immunization Program Manager at (317) 722-8299, Ext. 1296, or email travelprogram@vnsi.org.