Immunisation for travelling to India
If you are unwell on return from travel, seek medical attention and let your healthcare practitioner know where you have been.
- Courses or boosters usually advised: Diphtheria, Hepatitis A, Tetanus and Typhoid.
- Other vaccines to consider: Hepatitis B and Rabies.
- Selectively advised vaccines – only for those individuals at highest risk: Cholera and Japanese Encephalitis.
- Yellow fever vaccination certificate requirements for India are specific and quite lengthy. Read more information via the World Health Organization (WHO) website.
- Please Note: If you are travelling to India from the UK, transiting through Europe or the Middle East (and you have not been in a South American or African country in the previous week) a yellow fever vaccination certificate is not required.