Trip preparation: vaccination

When you plan to travel for a year, the question of vaccination is one of the first you ask yourself. And when, after searching on the internet, you realize that you need more than 5 different vaccines for a cost that exceed 300 euros, you have to start looking for the best place to get your vaccines done.

Thanks to a lot of French bloggers who traveled around the world, and who published the costs of their vaccines (Voyages à Deux Sac, Playing The World, Voyages, Partage et Potage), I quickly found one of the best and cheapest places in Paris: the Hôpital Saint-Antoine. This public hospital has a service specialized in tropical diseases, managed by the Professor Pierre-Marie GIRARD. The only inconvenient is that you can only take appointments on Thursday, so you must not be in a hurry. For information, I had to plan my appointment one month in advance.

I went on the first appointment at the end of November 2017. I was received by a nurse and the Doctor Hervé BIDEAULT for 45 minutes. We talked about my travel, the countries I plan to go and the kind of activities I plan to visit. He recommended me 5 vaccines, and he started to vaccinate me at the end of the appointment. We planed other appointments for the other vaccines. The doctor also gave me a prescription for medicines I should take with me, like an anti-malaria treatment. He also recommended me the best pharmacies in Paris to buy the anti-malaria treatment (you can find the list below) and the website Fit For Travel on which you can fin medical advices by country.

Three more appointments, an international certificate of vaccination in my pocket (mandatory in a lot of countries to prove that your are vaccinated) and a few euros later, I’m ready to start my travel :-). You can find below, the cost of my vaccines.

• Health
• Vaccines