Without which vaccinations is it dangerous to leave Ukraine?
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Planning a vacation to the sea - in Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, India, and even in neighboring Russia - experts advise to be vaccinated against hepatitis A virus.
"The use of molecular genetic methods has made it possible to establish that the majority of those infected with hepatitis A in recent years" received "the virus during the rest in Egypt," the doctors note.
"To protect one vaccination, at least 2-4 weeks before leaving. It will provide protection from the disease for 12-18 months. In order to provide protection for 20 years or more, it is necessary to make a second one 6 months after the first vaccination, "experts recommend.
It is possible to vaccinate on a paid basis at the city's vaccine preventive center.
Outbreaks of measles have been reported for the third year in most European countries, especially France, Spain, Germany, Britain, Romania, Italy and selected regions of Russia .
Doctors are advised to specify in the polyclinic at the place of residence, whether you were vaccinated in childhood from this disease. "Particular attention should be paid to this at the age of 20-29 years: among them there is the greatest number of those who are not protected from measles," experts note.
If the vaccine has not been made, it can also be rectified in the vaccine prevention center - at least 3-4 weeks before the departure in order for the body to develop protection.
In 33 countries in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, etc.) and 10 countries in Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, etc.), you can get yellow fever.
According to the World Health Organization, yellow fever occurs in 33 countries in Africa (Angola, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, etc.) and 10 countries in Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, etc.). When traveling to these countries for vacation, on a business trip, it is necessary to vaccinate against yellow fever.
The vaccine should be made no later than 10 days before departure.
"In recent years, recreation in the wild nature is popular: people with tents leave for the forests, rafting on canoes along rivers," experts note. - If such a holiday is envisaged in certain regions of Russia (the Urals, Karelia, the Komi, the Far East and others), then vaccinations against tick-borne encephalitis should be made. "
To form a full-fledged protection, you need to make 2 inoculations with a minimum interval of 1 month. Departure to the territory where there is a high risk of infection with tick-borne encephalitis, doctors are recommended not earlier than 3-4 weeks after the second inoculation.