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.
Post code | City | Pharmacy name | Address | Underground station |
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75004 | Paris | Pharmacie à côté du BHV homme | 9, rue des archives | Hôtel de ville |
75005 | Paris | Pharmacie place Monge | Place Monge | |
75006 | Paris | 26, rue du Four | Saint Germain des prés ou Mabillon | |
75006 | Paris | Face FNAC | rue de Rennes | Montparnasse |
75010 | Paris | rue de la Grange aux Belles | Colonel Fabien | |
75011 | Paris | City Pharma | 13, place de la Nation | Nation |
75011 | Paris | Pharmacie Goncourt | 146, avenue Parmentier | |
75015 | Paris | Pharmacie de l'Institut | 60, rue Dutot | |
75018 | Paris | Pharmacie Marek | 120, avenue Saint Ouen | Place de Saint Ouen |
77680 | Roissy en brie | Pharmacie de la gare | 5, place de la Révolution / ZAC de la vallée | |
77 | Montereau Sur Ville | Pharmacie du centre commercial | ||
78 | Saint Germain en Laye | 6, rue de Paris ou 56 rue de Paris | ||
91230 | Montgeron | 125, avenue de la République | ||
92 | La défense | Pharmacie de la gare de RER | La défense | |
93 | Bagnolet | Pharmacie Zemiro | Centre commercial Bel Est (galerie commerciale Auchan) | Galliéni |
94300 | Vincennes | Pharmacie du Soleil | 196, rue de Fontenay | Bérault / Vincennes |
95200 | Sarcelles | Pharmacie du 8 mai 1945 | 23, avenue du 8 mai 1945 |
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.
Cost per unit (euros) | Number | Total cost (euros) | |
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Yellow Fever | 41.46 | 1 | 41.46 |
Rabies | 25.49 | 3 | 76.47 |
Typhoid | 25.48 | 1 | 25.48 |
Japanese Encephalitis | 69.83 | 2 | 139.66 |
Hepatitis B | 5.44 | 1 | 5.44 |
Consultation fees (doctor) | 23 | 2 | 46 |
Consultation fees (nurse) | 3.15 | 2 | 6.30 |
International certificate of vaccination | 0.36 | 1 | 0.36 |
Total | 341.17 |