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Travel Clinics NHS Lothian | Our Services

REGIONAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES UNIT

NHS Lothian Travel Clinics

Our specialist travel clinics can provide you with information, vaccination and medication tailored to your trip.

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Antibiotics and Travellers Diarrhoea

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has recently given advice on fluoroquinolone antibiotics and when they should and should not be used.

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Dengue Fever – New Vaccine Licensed UK

Dengue fever is a viral disease spread by infected daytime biting mosquitos. Dengue outbreaks are occurring in many countries of the world in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. A new dengue vaccine, Qdenga, was licensed in the UK in 2023.

NHS Lothian Travel Clinics.

The past 20 years have seen a huge increase in global tourist travel. This has also been associated with a rise in travel-related illness, which underlines the importance of travellers getting individually tailored advice to protect their health.

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Get Travel Advice for Your Trip.

Before you consult a travel medicine specialist you can get information about your destination country, any vaccines required or recommended, malaria and health information.