Recommended Vaccinations and Preventive Medications for Travelers

Find the country or countries to which you are traveling (below). The links will take you to the CDC’s Web site for pertinent health information, including information on recommended immunizations for visitors to each country.

You can also search by region, if you prefer.

At Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, we offer comprehensive services for travelers of all ages, everything from immunizations before your trip to care after you return. At our Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic, the international traveler benefits from the years of experience and expertise of our highly trained and well-traveled clinical staff.

To find information and CDC recommendations for the country and region to which you are traveling, use the links below:

A

• Afghanistan (South Asia)

• Albania (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Algeria (North Africa)

• Andorra (Western Europe)

• Angola (Central Africa)

• Antigua and Barbuda (Caribbean)

• Antilles, Netherlands (Caribbean)

• Argentina (Temperate South America)

• Armenia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Aruba (Caribbean)

• Australia (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Austria (Western Europe)

• Azerbaijan (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Azores (Western Europe)

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B

• Bahamas (Caribbean)

• Bahrain (Middle East)

• Bangladesh (South Asia)

• Barbuda, see Antigua and Barbuda (Caribbean)

• Belarus (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Belgium (Western Europe)

• Belize (Mexico and Central America)

• Benin (West Africa)

• Bermuda (Caribbean)

• Bhutan (South Asia)

• Bolivia (Tropical South America)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Botswana (Southern Africa)

• Brazil (Tropical South America)

• Brunei (SouthEast Asia)

• Bulgaria (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Burma (SouthEast Asia)

• Burundi (East Africa)

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C

• Cambodia (SouthEast Asia)

• Cameroon (Central Africa)

• Canada (North America)

• Canary Islands (North Africa)

• Cape Verde Islands (West Africa)

• Cayman Islands (Caribbean)

• Chad (Central Africa)

• Chile (Temperate South America)

• China (East Asia)

• Central African Republic (Central Africa)

• Colombia (Tropical South America)

• Comoros (East Africa)

• Congo (Central Africa)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of (Central Africa)

• Cook Islands (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Costa Rica (Mexico and Central America)

• Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)

• Croatia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Cuba (Caribbean)

• Cyprus (Middle East)

• Czech Republic (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

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D

• Democratic Republic of Congo (Central Africa)

• Denmark (Western Europe)

• Djibouti (East Africa)

• Dominica (Caribbean)

• Dominican Republic (Caribbean)

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E

• East Timor (SouthEast Asia)

• Easter Island (Chile — Temperate South America)

• Ecuador (Tropical South America)

• Egypt (North Africa)

• El Salvador (Mexico and Central America)

• England (Western Europe)

• Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)

• Eritrea (East Africa)

• Estonia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Ethiopia (East Africa)

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F

• Falkland Islands (Temperate South America)

• Faroe Islands (Western Europe)

• Fiji (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Finland (Western Europe)

• France (Western Europe)

• French Guiana (Tropical South America)

• French Polynesia (Southern and Western Pacific)

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G

• Gabon (Central Africa)

• Gambia (West Africa)

• Georgia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Germany (Western Europe)

• Ghana (West Africa)

• Gibraltar (Western Europe)

• Greece (Western Europe)

• Greenland (Western Europe)

• Grenada (Caribbean)

• The Grenadines, Saint Vincent and (Caribbean)

• Guatemala (Mexico and Central America)

• Guinea (West Africa)

• Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)

• Guyana (Tropical South America)

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H

• Haiti (Caribbean)

• Herzegovina, Bosnia and (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Honduras (Mexico and Central America)

• Hong Kong (East Asia)

• Hungary (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

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I

• Iceland (Western Europe)

• India (South Asia)

• Indonesia (SouthEast Asia)

• Iran (Middle East)

• Iraq (Middle East)

• Ireland (Western Europe)

• Israel (Middle East)

• Italy (Western Europe)

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J

• Jamaica (Caribbean)

• Japan (East Asia)

• Jordan (Middle East)

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K

• Kasakhstan (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Kenya (East Africa)

• Kiribati (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Kyrgyzstan (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Kuwait (Middle East)

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L

• Laos (SouthEast Asia)

• Latvia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Lebanon (Middle East)

• Lesotho (Southern Africa)

• Liberia (West Africa)

• Libya (North Africa)

• Liechtenstein (Western Europe)

• Lithuania (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Luxembourg (Western Europe)

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M

• Macau (East Asia)

• Madagascar (East Africa)

• Madeira Islands (North Africa)

• Malawi (East Africa)

• Malaysia (SouthEast Asia)

• Maldives (South Asia)

• Mali (West Africa)

• Malta (Western Europe)

• Marshall Islands (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Martinique (Caribbean)

• Mauritania (West Africa)

• Mauritius (East Africa)

• Mayotte (East Africa)

• Mexico (Mexico and Central America)

• Micronesia, Federated States of (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Moldova (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Monaco (Western Europe)

• Mongolia (East Asia)

• Montenegro (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Montserrat (Caribbean)

• Morocco (North Africa)

• Mozambique (East Africa)

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N

• Namibia (Southern Africa)

• Nepal (South Asia)

• The Netherlands (Western Europe)

• Netherlands Antilles (Caribbean)

• New Caledonia (Southern and Western Pacific)

• New Zealand (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Nicaragua (Mexico and Central America)

• Niger (West Africa)

• Nigeria (West Africa)

• North Korea (East Asia)

• Norway (Western Europe)

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O

• Oman (Middle East)

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P

• Pakistan (South Asia)

• Panama (Mexico and Central America)

• Papua New Guinea (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Paraguay (Tropical South America)

• Peru (Tropical South America)

• Philippines (SouthEast Asia)

• Pitcairn Islands (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Poland (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Portugal (Western Europe)

• Príncipe, São Tomé and (West Africa)

• Puerto Rico (Caribbean)

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Q

• Qatar (Middle East)

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R

• RÉunion (East Africa)

• Romania (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Russian Federation (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Rwanda (East Africa)

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S

• Saint Helena (Southern Africa)

• Saint Lucia (Caribbean)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Caribbean)

• Samoa (Southern and Western Pacific)

• San Marino (Western Europe)

• São Tomé and Príncipe (West Africa)

• Saudi Arabia (Middle East)

• Senegal (West Africa)

• Serbia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Seychelles (East Africa)

• Sierra Leone (West Africa)

• Singapore (SouthEast Asia)

• Slovakia (Western Europe)

• Slovenia (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Solomon Islands (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Somalia (East Africa)

• South Africa, Republic of (Southern Africa)

• South Korea (East Asia)

• Spain (Western Europe)

• Sri Lanka (South Asia)

• Suriname (Tropical South America)

• Sudan (Central Africa)

• Swaziland (Southern Africa)

• Sweden (Western Europe)

• Syria (Middle East)

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T

• Tahiti, see French Polynesia (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Taiwan (East Asia)

• Tajikistan (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• Tanzania (East Africa)

• Thailand (SouthEast Asia)

• Tobago, see Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean)

• Togo (West Africa)

• Tokelau (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Tonga (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean)

• Tunisia (North Africa)

• Turkey (Middle East)

• Turkmenistan (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

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U

• Uganda (East Africa)

• Ukraine (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

• United Arab Emirates (Middle East)

• United Kingdom (Western Europe)

• United States (North America)

• Uruguay (Temperate South America)

• Uzbekistan (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)

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V

• Vanuatu (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Venezuela (Tropical South America)

• Vietnam (SouthEast Asia)

• Virgin Islands (Caribbean)

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W

• Wales (Western Europe)

• Wake Island (Southern and Western Pacific)

• Western Sahara (North Africa)

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Y

• Yemen (Middle East)

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Z

• Zaire, see Democratic Republic of Congo (Central Africa)

• Zambia (Central Africa)

• Zimbabwe (Southern Africa)

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CDC Recommendations by Region:

The CDC divides this information by region. If you know the region to which your traveling use the links below:

• Africa, see Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa or locate country in list below.

• Asia, see East Asia, Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, South Asia and SouthEast Asia

• Southern and Western Pacific

• Caribbean

• Central Africa

• Central America, see Mexico and Central America

• East Africa

• East Asia

• Eastern Europe and Northern Asia

• Europe, see Eastern Europe and Northern Asia and Western Europe

• Mexico and Central America

• Middle East

• North Africa

• North America, see Caribbean, Mexico and Central America or North America (for Canada and the United States of America)

• South America, see Temperate South America and Tropical South America

• South Asia

• South Pacific, see Southern and Western Pacific

• Southeast Asia

• Southern Africa

• Temperate South America

• Tropical South America

• West Africa

• Western Europe

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