1| Hepatitis
A & B

Hepatitis A:
How you can get it: By consuming contaminated food/water
Symptoms: Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea,yellow skin, fever and abdominal pain.

Hepatitis B:
How you can get it: Exposure to infectious blood or bodily fluids.
Symptoms: Liver inflammation, vomiting, jaundice and sometimes even death or liver cancer.

Combined vaccine for Hep A & B includes 3 doses to be taken over a period of 6 months. For Singaporeans, the cost of Hepatitis B vaccine is claimable from Medisave.

$86.80

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2 | Tentanus

How you can get it: Through dirty cuts and scratches.

Symptoms: Severe muscle spasms, serious breathing difficulties.

$25

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3 | Yellow Fever

How you can get it: Through the bite of infected mosquitoes.

Symptoms: Fever, headache, nausea and vomiting.

This vaccine is not available at the local polyclinic in Singapore and you can only get it from the Traveller’s clinic at the hospital.

$164

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4 | Influenza

How you can get it: Spread from person to person through droplets produced while coughing or sneezing.

Symptoms: Chills, fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headaches, cough, fatigue and general discomfort.

$25

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5 | Typhoid

How you can get it: Through contaminated food and water supplies in areas of poor sanitation.

Symptoms: Sudden onset of fever, severe headache, nausea, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, constipation or diarrhea.

$25

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6 | Malaria

How you can get it: By being bitten by an infected female Anopheles mosquito.

Symptoms: Fever, chills, headache, sweats, fatigue, nausea and vomiting

To prevent Malaria, you’ll need to take the pills before, during and after your travel.

$8.30

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