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Travel

Travel vaccines and medications at the Hope Health Center

• Malaria prevention medication (prescription filled at a pharmacy of your choice)
• Altitude illness prevention medication (prescription filled at a pharmacy of your choice)
• Hepatitis A vaccine
• Typhoid vaccine, both oral and injectable
• Yellow fever vaccine

Travel-related expenses are not covered under the HopeHealth benefit. Call your major medical insurance provider and ask if they cover travel vaccines or travel related services. Most insurance companies do not cover the fees for travel-related vaccines. Travel vaccines done in the Hope Health Center may be put on your student account or paid by cash/check at the time of service. You may request and submit a statement to your major medical insurance company for possible reimbursement.

Before traveling

1. Any 熊猫在线视频 student may request a free, personalized travel report. This travel report will include information about your destination(s), such as recommendations for vaccines, medications and other cultural and safety considerations. If you are planning on receiving a study abroad physical through the Health Center, you must complete the International Travel Report Request prior to scheduling an appointment. The travel nurse will then reach out to you directly via your Patient Portal to schedule an appointment.
   
   
• Log into your and complete the International Travel Report Request (under the 鈥渇orms鈥� section). Provide as many details as you can!
• You can find additional travel health information at the website.
2. Obtain travel warnings from the U.S. Department of State
• Register your trip at
• Obtain passport and visa information
3. Obtain travel immunizations no later than one month prior to departure 鈥� the sooner the better. It takes time for your body to develop the immunity needed to protect you.
   
   
4. Obtain medication refills to cover your trip, and check to see what you are permitted to bring into each destination that you visit. Some countries have significant restrictions.
5. Contact your major medical insurance provider and ask if they will cover sickness or injury while you are on your trip.
• Many insurance companies do not cover you once you leave the country
• Consider obtaining traveler鈥檚 insurance to cover injury or medical care; think about choosing one that will pay to transport you back to the United States if necessary

If you are seriously sick or injured while traveling

1. Contact your insurance and/or travel insurance company; many will direct you to an appropriate health care provider
2. Call or locate the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate
3. If you are studying abroad, contact your program coordinator
4. If all else fails, ask other travelers or locals for help

After traveling听

1. See your health care provider if you develop any of the following symptoms:
• Watery diarrhea
• Bloody diarrhea
• Explosive diarrhea
• Persistent vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Fever
• Severe joint/body aches
• Rash
2. You should obtain a TB test no sooner than nine weeks after returning from a country with a high burden of tuberculosis.

Travel Resources