have booked a

[fruitsalad]

holiday to turkey for this year I have never been before so dont really know what to expect but the recommended health requirements are for Hepatitis A, typhoid, and Tetanus really did'nt expect to have to get these done, I have been to Spain and Greece and these were'nt needed so why are they needed in Turkey?

[bednobs]

probably because hep a is prevalent in turkey, and i presume you don't want to get it?

[bednobs]

ps spain is nowhere near turkey

[bednobs]

and pps, have a great time!

[boxtops]

Don't forget Turkey is not the in EU so you will need to take out decent travel insurance as they have no reciprocal arrangements with the UK - and also you have to pay for a visa at the airport when you get there, my colleague from work who went this year said that it was £10 per person. This site might help you - but it does say there are no vaccine requirements in the major travel resorts (different if you are going into the mountains or off-roading) http://www.wordtravel...untries/Turkey/Basics

[fruitsalad]

thanks bedknobs, no I dont want to get it, I thought turkey was near to Greece and I did'nt need any inoculations to go there

[jaydah]

Only recommended, not compulsory. Best to keep these up to date if you travel a lot, scratch on coral could bring on hepA. If you do have any open wounds have the hepatitis.

[fruitsalad]

thanks for the link boxtops very helpful

[Buenchico]

Where are you getting your 'recommended health requirements' from? There is only one 'official' site which you should be checking, which is the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), which is linked to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Quote (re Typhoid):
"Most travellers are at low risk and do not need vaccination".

Combined quote (re Hepatitis A), with my capitals:
"Vaccine should be given to travellers WHOSE PLANNED ACTIVITIES PUT THEM AT RISK . Those at higher risk include travellers visiting friends and relatives, long stay travellers, and those visiting areas of poor sanitation".

Everyone in the UK is advised (even if they never leave the country) to ensure that their Tetanus vaccinations are kept up to date. This is what NaTHNaC says about Tetanus (which is probably exactly what it would say if you were visiting Blackpool or Torquay!):
"Travellers should have completed a primary vaccination course according to the UK schedule. A booster dose should be given to travellers whose last dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine was given more than 10 years ago, and who will not have ready access to medical care; even if they have received five doses previously".

Source:
http://www.nathnac.or...s/country_page_TR.htm

Chris

[DTCwordfan]

it is certainly not the EU and you will find many stinking areas of open sewers etc, especially towards the slums or in the villages if you are away from the main resorts. However, it is fun - insurance and innoculation and take care about drinking water. No bottles without sealed tops isn't a bad idea........

[bednobs]

plus don't forget turkey is next to syria and irag - so more middle east than europe

[bednobs]

Irag? I mean Iraq of course!

[fruitsalad]

It recommends having them on my travel details which the travel agents gave me when I booked, and I cant remember the last time I had a tetanus, but i do know it was more than 10 years ago

[boxtops]

It mentions that on my link, bednobs, it says it's worth checking with the FO before leaving for Turkey in the current climate.
(Mind you, we were on holiday in Tunisia - next door to Libya - in 1986 when the US bombed Libya... sufficiently far away not to affect us, though, but still scary when we heard it on the news)

[boxtops]

Definitely get to your practice nurse for a tetanus course then - well worth it. Hospitals are not that great outside the main cities (it says).

[DTCwordfan]

oh my gosh, we could come up with some totally non-pc material with that faux-pas, bednobs

a freudian slip perhaps.....

[bednobs]

hiya DT, as with most of your posts, i don't understand what you mean

[gina32]

my daughter is a travel consultant and said none compulsory but recommend, hep a, typhoid, diptheria, tetnus and rabies!

[DTCwordfan]

well try adding head to the end of your mistake.

[boxtops]

DT, that is really obtuse.

[bednobs]

still dosen't make any sense to me, sorry