Volunteer should be aware of all health and safety information before traveling to Nepal . We suggest you visit some of the websites listed below.
We use the Center for Disease Control traveler's health recommendations (www.cdc.gov.) Your travel doctor will know about current epid em ics and should be consulted.
Hepatitis A |
Recommended for all travelers |
Typhoid |
Recommended for all travelers |
Polio |
One-time booster recommended for any adult traveler who completed the childhood series but never had polio vaccine as an adult |
Yellow fever |
Required for all travelers arriving from a yellow-fever-infected area in Africa or the Americas . Not recommended otherwise. |
Japanese encephalitis |
For long-term (>1 month) travelers to rural areas or travelers who may engage in extensive unprotected outdoor activities in rural areas, especially after dusk |
Hepatitis B |
For travelers who may have intimate contact with local residents, especially if visiting for more than 6 months |
Rabies |
For travelers who may have direct contact with animals and may not have access to medical care |
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) |
Two doses recommended for all travelers born after 1956, if not previously given |
Tetanus-diphtheria |
Revaccination recommended every 10 years |