Travel Information
Travel Checklist
The following checklist will help protect your health and yourself while traveling:
- Make an appointment in the travel clinic at YUHS by calling 432-0093 8 weeks prior to international travel. This will allow you to make sure that your immunizations are up-to-date. Remember that some immunization series take up to six months to complete and some immunizations and/or medications cannot be taken at the same time.
- Find out the health precautions you need to take for the particular country you'll be visiting at National Center for Infectious Diseases Traveler's Health page.
- Political conditions in foreign countries may change quickly. Thus, to ensure your safety, check the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on International Travel Warnings.
- When in a foreign country, be cautious with your intake of food and water to prevent illness and diarrhea. National Center for Infectious Diseases has a Safe Food and Water page that offers tips on the subject.
- Mosquito and insect precautions may be necessary to protect against insect-borne illnesses, especially in tropical countries.
- Nothing ruins a trip faster than having your wallet lost or stolen. But Traveler's Checks can be replaced, virtually anywhere in the world, usually within 24 hours. Hence it is strongly recommended to carry at least some portion of your money in Traveler's Checks.
- Make sure you fill out the emergency medical information page in your passport so you can get adequate care in any situation. If you are a Yale Health Plan (YHP) member and have coverage questions while abroad, you can call YUHS using a toll-free number in many countries. A list of toll-free numbers in various countries is provided at the Toll Free Numbers page. For more information please read Health Beat
