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Vietnam Health Tips Mercy Immersion Project 2013
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Information provided tonight is the opinion of the speaker, Dr Dan Manahan This information is general in nature You are strongly advised to see your doctor or a travel health professional ASAP to prepare for a visit to Vietnam This session does not replace a doctor visit Vaccination requires time - see your doctor soon. Vietnam Health Tips
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General Health Health in Vietnam Vaccination Mosquito borne illness Water borne illness When will I get sick Questions Vietnam Health Tips
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General Health Personal Health – Own profile, diseases, medications, disabilities – Letter from your doctor Common Sense – Injury – Exposures Unknowns, Accidents, Violence, Nature
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Health in Vietnam Tropical Country Typhoons Developing Country Cultural aspects Endemic Diseases – Malaria, Dengue, JE, TB, HIV, Typhoid, Parasitoses, Influenza
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Vaccination Usual Vaccines – Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Hep B, MMR, Flu – Typhoid – Hep A and Hep B combo – Cholera – JE -Japanese Encephalitis – Rabies (only if bitten)
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Hepatitis A and B (adult >15 and junior) Twinrix - $76 each http://www.gsk.com.au/resources.ashx/vaccineproductschilddatadownloads/418/File/56844E2761A78B1695230C64888A93C3/Twinrix_(Preservative_Free)_CM I_v3.0_clean_pdf_version.pdf Diptheria and Tetanus Adult (>5) Diptheria and Tetanus - ADT ADT - $19 each http://www.csl.com.au/docs/805/914/ADT%20Booster%20CMI%20-%20Jan2010.pdf Diptheris Tetanus Pertussis (>10) Boostrix - $36 each http://www.gsk.com.au/resources.ashx/vaccineproductschilddatadownloads/437/File/4A88FA2C6D2ABA662347F265DC819523/Boostrix_(Preservative_free)_C MI_Version_2.0.pdf Typhoid, Salmonella typhi inj(>2) Typhim - $49 each http://products.sanofi.com.au/vaccines/TYPHIM_VI_NZ_PI.pdf Typhoid, Salmonella typhi oral(>6) Vivotif - $40 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM142807.pdf Japanese Encephalitis (>18) Jespect - $156 each http://www.csl.com.au/docs/87/500/Jespect%20CMI-%20Jun11.pdf Cholera (>2) Dukoral Twin pack - $86 each http://www.biocsl.com.au/docs/338/734/Dukoral%20Oral%20inactivated%20cholera%20vaccine%20PI-Mar%202012.pdf Measles Mumps Rubella Priorix MMR http://www.gsk.com.au/resources.ashx/vaccineproductschilddatadownloads/464/File/3B2B708EBD666A9D201B521C23CA5A41/Priorix_AU_CMI_004_clean_pdf.pdf Chicken Pox Varilix (>9/12) http://www.gsk.com.au/resources.ashx/vaccineproductschilddatadownloads/397/File/6C5DB43FF86A365C3E2E03D0F0F6502E/Varilrix_CMI_v5.0.pdf Influenza (>5) Fluvax http://www.csl.com.au/docs/795/829/Fluvax%20SH2013%20CMI%20-%20Nov2012,0.pdf
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Mosquito Borne Illness Malaria Japanese Encephalitis Dengue
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Water Borne Illness Typhoid Amoebiais Worms Cystercercosis Travellers Diarrhoea Plenty others
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When will I get sick Travellers Diarrhoea – quick Malaria, Dengue – when home If you develop a fever and any type of illness over the following 2 months ensure you see your doctor and advise them you were in Vietnam and when and where
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