Select your date. No GP referral required.
Travel and health reviewed by a pharmacist.
All vaccines and medications supplied in one visit.
Leave with records, certificates, and written health advice.
Hepatitis A spreads through unsafe food and water across Brazil. We recommend this dose for every traveller; you’ll gain full protection within just two weeks.
Typhoid is a risk anywhere in Brazil, especially in areas with poor hygiene. Choose between an injection or oral capsules for your essential travel protection.
This booster is ideal for jungle trekking or adventure trips. We recommend it if your last dose was over ten years ago, protecting you further.
Essential for the Amazon and interior regions. We provide the required certificate on the same day. Please remember to bring your passport to your appointment.
Use reputable transport throughout your trip.
Prepare for wildlife travel with vaccines and malaria prevention.
Hepatitis A
2
First dose at least 2 weeks before departure
Typhoid
1 (injection) or 3 capsules
At least 2 weeks before departure
DTP
1
At least 2 weeks before departure. Not eligible if vaccinated within the last 5 years.
1
At least 10 days before arrival. ICVP valid from Day 10
Rabies
3
Standard (28-day): 5 weeks. Alternative (21-day): 4 weeks. Accelerated (Rabipur only): from 8 days.
3
Standard: 6 months. Accelerated: from 2 months. Very rapid (Engerix B, 16+): from 21 days.
Meningitis ACWY
1
At least 2 weeks before departure
Chikungunya
1
Book as early as possible; eligibility confirmed at appointment
Antimalarials
Daily or weekly
Malarone/Doxycycline: 1 to 2 days before. Discuss with the pharmacist if Amazon travel is planned.
Mandeep Sandhu is superintendent pharmacist and independent prescriber at Maidstone Travel Clinic with specialist travel health training from NaTHNaC. Mandeep Sandhu is a fully accredited Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre vaccinator, qualified to advise, vaccinate and supply travel medications in one appointment.
Each consultation is personally led, not delegated, not rushed. Patients depart with a plan tailored to their individual trip, not a generic printout.
Strongly recommended for Amazon and Pantanal travel. ICVP certificate needed for onward travel to some countries. Issued the same day, bring your passport.
Only for Amazon basin travel. Rio, São Paulo, Salvador, the northeast coast, and Iguaçu Falls carry negligible risk. Your pharmacist will assess your itinerary.
Yes, Zika remains present throughout Brazil. Usually mild, but carries serious birth defect risks during pregnancy. Seek specialist advice if pregnant or planning pregnancy.
Strongly recommended for jungle, rural, and Amazon travellers where bats transmit rabies. Also advised for anyone far from immediate emergency medical care.
Single-dose vaccines are given together. Multi-dose courses like rabies and hepatitis B need follow-ups, scheduled around your departure date by your pharmacist.
Widespread year-round, peaking November to April. No widely available vaccine. Prevention relies on consistent daytime DEET-based repellent at 50% concentration or a picaridin alternative.
