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Travel Health Info
Your local county health office/travel clinic should have all the info and any shots you may need before traveling. Checking with your personal physician would be fine as well. If anybody has updates to this info please send to me.
The San Francisco travel clinic recommendeds the following immunizations for India:
- Tetanus update (which nowadays often includes whooping cough)
- MMR (make sure you've had it)
- Hepatitis A shots (series of 2)
- Hepatitis B shots (series of 3)
- Typhoid (shot or pills)
- Polio (shot)
- Malaria (pills)
A friend asked about malaria pills both at the SF adult travel / immunization clinic and her doctor's, and both sources say that unless there's a serious outbreak it's not necessary since we'll be in major cities. Current CDC recommendations are for malaria prophylaxis in much of the sub-continent (except for the areas by the Himalayas).
Good things to have with you...
- passport (with visa for India!)
- photocopy of passport and visa (scan and send to online email acct)
- airline tickets
- mosquito repellent (as strong as you can tolerate)
- camera
- cash/traveler's checks (not many ATM's)
- hand sanitizer
- toilet paper (always good to have your own with you... just in case)
- power adapter/converters: India runs on 240 V, 50 Hz...
- ...though most electronics these days can handle dual-voltage; just check the power adapter and see if it's rated for 120-240V on the input side
Other notes
Seasoned travelers may already know this, but always make sure to bring the usual type of travel meds with you, such ibuprofen (Advil), Pepto Bismol, anti-diarrheal loperamide (Imodium), anti-bacterial ointment and of course Band-Aids. Good hygiene always helps, so make sure you wash your hands and use anti-bacterial hand-sanitizer before eating.
For info on treating diarrhea, click here.