We all went to the travel clinic
today to get our vaccinations under way. The medical practice with which we’re
registered has started up its own little clinic, which is fantastic news for us
as it means that we can get the common jabs for free. We all got typhoid, the
girls got the combined Hepatitis A and B, Kate and I both got tetanus, polio
and diphtheria boosters and poor old Kate also had to have a Hep A booster. The
girls were really good - no fuss, no bother, no tears, no complaints.
We’re now agonising over whether to
get the jabs for Japanese encephalitis and rabies. Both diseases are certainly
present in many of the countries we’re going to be visiting, but the risk of
getting them is pretty low. And the cost is eye-watering: £85 per dose for Japanese
encephalitis, and you need two injections, which would add up to £680 for the
four of us. We also have to sort out our malaria prophylaxis, which isn’t going
to be cheap either, given the length of time that we’re planning to spend in malarial areas.
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