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Vaccinations & Other Precautions

You should consult your doctor at best a couple of months before your planned departure to allow ample time to have all the required vaccinations. Although doctors are aware of the basic requirements concerning travel to Tibetan areas it is wise to consult specialists in the tropical medicine field

• Recommended vaccinations include:
  
  Rabies, Meningitis, Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Tetanus, Yellow Fever, Japanese Encephilitis, Polio, Tuberculosis, Cholera.
  
  
  
• Other health concerns include:
  
  Malaria (especially for Nepal and India), Dysentery (Bacilliary & Amoebic), Giardia.

You should always be careful with drinking water, make sure it is either boiled or treated with iodine to avoid waterborne disease (Dysentery and Giardia). In malaria areas you should cover up, use liberal amounts of repellent and seriously consider taking prophylactics. These areas change and the emergence of drug resistant strains means you should check with a vaccination or tropical medicine center before you travel to the region.

Extract taken from "Mapping the Tibetan World"