Our Doctors will take into account your travel itinerary, style of accommodation, activities while travelling, past medical history, allergies and a range of other factors, and recommend the appropriate and necessary vaccinations and/or medications required for your trip. A consultation is necessary in order to determine your individual needs. Email and phone advice cannot be provided.
Our Doctors will provide individual medical advice on international health risks on a location by location basis, provide a full range of vaccinations on site, as well as assess malaria risk and advise on strategies to prevent other insect-borne diseases.
Midtown Medical Clinic is a Department of Health approved Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre.
Please allow 30-45 minutes for your consultation and please bring with you:
- Your travel itinerary
- Vaccinations records
- Details of any medication you are regularly or intermittently taking
Please note that if you are travelling for long periods and through multiple countries it is often necessary to have more than one consultation.
Depending on the complexity and length of your travel consultation the fee will vary between $68.00 and $135.00, in addition to vaccination costs.
Most travel vaccinations and medications are available for purchase through Midtown Medical Clinic. These include Yellow Fever vaccines, anti-malarial medication, travel diarrhoea kits and official World Health Authority Vaccination Booklets.
Other travel products available for purchase at the clinic include permethrin-treated mosquito nets, first aid kits, sanitising hand gel and insect repellent.
Common Vaccination Costs (as at October 2009)
| Vaccine | Cost per Dose |
| Chicken Pox | $75.00 |
| Flu (seasonal) | $22.00 |
| Flu (swine) | Free of charge |
| Hepatitis A | $81.00 |
| Hepatitis A and B | $82.00 |
| Hepatitis A and Typhoid | $130.00 |
| Hepatitis B | $26.00 |
| Japanese Encephalitis | $194.00 |
| Measles, Mumps, Rubella | $35.00 |
| Meningitis | $50.00 |
| Polio | $54.00 |
| Rabies | $125.00 |
| Tetanus and Diphtheria | $22.50 |
| Tetanus, Diphtheria and Whooping Cough | $53.00 |
| Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough and Polio | $85.50 |
| Typhoid | $51.00 |
| Yellow Fever | $76.50 |
How Long Do Vaccinations Last?
The information below outlines the usual duration of protection once the vaccination course is complete. For some vaccines, the duration of protection is uncertain.
| Vaccine | Duration of Protection |
| Chicken Pox | Lifetime |
| Diphtheria | 10 years |
| Flu (seasonal) | 1 year |
| Flu (swine) | 1 year |
| Hepatitis A | Long term |
| Hepatitis B | Long term |
| Japanese Encephalitis | Not yet established but possibly up to 3 years |
| Measles, Mumps and Rubella | Lifetime |
| Meningitis | 2-3 years |
| Polio | Lifetime |
| Rabies (pre-exposure) | Long term |
| Tetanus | 10 years |
| Typhoid | 3 years |
| Yellow Fever | 10 years |
Travel Kits contain:
Travel kits are also available at Midtown Medical Clinic. They can only be purchased after consultation with one of the travel doctors as they do contain prescription medication. Included in each travel kit is:
- Gastrolyte: a fluid and electrolyte replacement
- Imodium: used to reduce frequency of diarrhoea
- Maxolon: used to relieve nausea and vomiting
- Noroxin: used for the treatment of severe or persistent traveller’s diarrhoea >2-3days, commonly caused by bacterial infections
- Tinidazole: used for the treatment of diarrhoea not responding to Noroxin which maybe the result of a parasitic infection.
The cost of each travel kit is $50.00.
For further information, please schedule an appointment with one of our Travel Medicine Doctors on (03) 9650 4284.