Travel to high risk areas outside Canada may expose you to a variety of diseases and medical conditions not commonly present in Canada.  To ensure a safe and healthy trip travellers should take the time to educate themselves as to the potential risks and what preventative steps could be taken to minimize such risks. The list below provides information on common travel related conditions and diseases. Please also explore country specific information organized under the Do I Need Vaccinces? section.

Come to speak with our experienced travel doctors to assess your risk and take protective measures to help ensure safe travel. Book online or Call 416-346-4535 to book a travel consultation. It is advisable to do so 4-6 weeks before your trip. Please bring with you a list of medications you are currently taking and your vaccination or immunization record.

Travelers’ Diarrhea
Altitude Illness
Jet Lag
Motion Sickness
Respiratory Infections
Food & Water Precautions
Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers’ Diarrhea—It’s Not Only WHAT You Eat & Drink
Water Disinfection for Travelers
Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins
Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods
Sun Exposure
Problems with Heat & Cold
Injury Prevention
Safety & Security
Animal-Associated Hazards
Environmental Hazards
Scuba Diving
Medical Tourism
Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism
Mental Health
Travel Health Kits
Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Counterfeit Drugs
Obtaining Health Care Abroad for the Ill Traveler
Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, & Medical Evacuation Insurance

Amebiasis
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chikungunya
Cholera
Cutaneous Larva Migrans
Dengue 
Diphtheria
Escherichia coli
Filariasis, Lymphatic
Giardiasis
Helminths, Soil-Transmitted
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis E
HIV Infection
Influenza
Japanese Encephalitis
Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ Disease & Pontiac Fever)
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Leptospirosis  
Lyme Disease
Malaria  Measles (Rubeola)
Meningococcal Disease
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Mumps
Norovirus
Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)
Pertussis
Pinworm (Enterobiasis, Oxyuriasis, Threadworm)
Pneumococcal Disease
Poliomyelitis
Rabies
Rubella&
Salmonellosis (Nontyphoidal)
Schistosomiasis
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Shigellosis
Tetanus
Tickborne Encephalitis
Trypanosomiasis, African (Sleeping Sickness)
Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)
Tuberculosis
Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Yellow Fever
Zika

Yellow Fever & Malaria Information, by Country

Africa 
East Africa: Safaris
South Africa
Tanzania: Kilimanjaro

The Americas & The Caribbean 
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Mexico
Peru: Cusco–Machu Picchu
Argentina/Brazil: Iguassu Falls (online only)
Guatemala and Belize
Jamaica (online only)

Asia 
Cambodia
China
India
Nepal
Thailand
Vietnam

The Middle East & North Africa
Egypt & Nile River Cruises
Saudi Arabia: Hajj Pilgrimage