India

Whether you’re visiting family, touring the Golden Triangle, travelling for business or backpacking long-term, most visitors to India need protection against food- and water-borne infections, and some itineraries call for extra cover.

Book a £10 travel health consultation and travel with confidence.

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Call 0161 676 2015

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TRAVEL HEALTH GUIDE

Recommended vaccines for India

Explore the travel vaccines most commonly recommended for visitors to India. Your final recommendations will depend on your destination, trip duration, planned activities, and medical history.

Hepatitis A

Most travellers — spread via contaminated food and water

single dose

Typhoid

Most travellers, especially visiting friends and relatives or eating street food

single dose

DTP booster

Most travellers if last dose was over 10 years ago

1 booster

Hepatitis B

Longer stays, healthcare or humanitarian work, possible medical treatment

3 doses

Rabies

Rural travel, cycling/running, animal contact, trips far from medical care — India has the world’s highest rabies burden

3 doses

cholera

Aid workers and high-risk itineraries

2 oral doses

Japanese Encephalitis

Rural stays over a month, rice-farming regions, monsoon-season travel

2 doses

Malaria: risk varies by region and season. Bite avoidance is essential everywhere; antimalarial tablets are advised for some areas — we’ll assess your exact itinerary at your consultation. There is no yellow fever risk in India, but a certificate is required if you arrive from a yellow-fever country.

WHEN TO BOOK

Plan Ahead Before You Travel

We recommend booking your appointment 4–6 weeks before departure to allow enough time for vaccinations to become effective or for multiple-dose courses to be completed.