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The Licking County Health Department offers special vaccinations that may be required or recommended for travel to foreign countries.

Travel Clinic Services

• Information for travelers including vaccination requirements, risk information, prevention information, country information, health precautions, disease risk summary, official health data and travel warnings.

•  Immunizations for various diseases based on the prevalence of disease in specific countries.
• International Certificate of Vaccination.
• Educational material and counseling for safer international travel.

Travelers are encouraged to contact the travel clinic as soon as their travel itinerary is known, since some immunizations require a series of doses for maximum protection. Clinic Hours are held every Thursday, by appointment only. Contact: Diane Kintner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, at (740) 349-6535 for more information.

Vaccines Available include:

• Measles / Mumps / Rubella

• Yellow Fever

• Typhoid

• Polio

• Meningococcal Meningitis

• Japanese Encephalitis

• Tetanus / Diphtheria/ Pertussis booster

• Rabies - pre-exposure only

• Hepatitis A

• Hepatitis B

• Varicella (Chicken Pox)

• Pneumonia

• Influenza

Hot Topics

CDC International Travel Page

U.S. Department of State International Travel Information

World Health Organization

International Society of Travel Medicine