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As you embark on your exciting journey to explore new destinations, it's essential to prioritise your health and well-being, especially by protecting yourself against preventable diseases like cholera.

At Travelvax, we understand the significant role that vaccinations play in ensuring safe and healthy travel experiences and the cholera vaccination is no different.

Protection against both the COVID-19 infection and Chickenpox is extremely important, not just for your own health but for the health of those around you. For example, those who may not be eligible to receive vaccinations, such as those with weakened immune systems.

Cholera, a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium vibrio cholerae, remains a significant global health concern, particularly in regions with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water.

The chickenpox vaccine, also known as the varicella vaccine (VZV), is a safe and effective immunisation that protects against chickenpox, a highly contagious viral infection that causes an itchy red rash and blisters.

Varicella, or chickenpox, is a highly contagious viral infection that causes an itchy rash and blisters. It is most common in children under the age of 10.

Melissa Adamski APD MND BSc
Accredited Practising Dietitian and nutritionist
Nutted Out Nutrition www.nuttedoutnutrition.com.au 

There has been so much in the news about monkeypox – perhaps because we’ve seemingly had nothing but COVID-19 information for the past two-plus years - so Travelvax has put together a few salient points about the illness and its prevention and transmission.

Residents and travellers to the Torres Strait Islands and areas in South, South-East and East Asia where the Japanese Encephalitis virus is endemic were previously thought to be the only people at risk of Japanese Encephalitis infection.

The Japanese Encephalitis virus exists in a transmission cycle between mosquitoes, pigs and water birds, however it can infect horses, donkeys and humans and cause severe disease, even death in some cases.

NSW and Victorian health departments have issued alerts after a number of pigs i

Before parents take their children for their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, or in fact any time their young  children and infants are immunised, it’s a good idea to think of a way to make the experience as positive as possible so they don’t fear a second dose or any future vaccinations.