The Travelers' Healthcare Center at
University Hospitals of Cleveland provides comprehensive pre- and
post-travel consultation
,
immunizations and health advice for groups and individuals traveling abroad
for business or pleasure.
The Travelers' HealthCare Center offers a
full range of services to safeguard your health while traveling, with
programs to meet individual needs. Our physicians recommend that medical
consultation and a schedule of immunizations beginning 4 to 6 weeks before
departure can significantly decrease the possibility of acquiring serious
diseases while traveling, particularly to developing countries.
The University Hospitals Travelers'
HealthCare Center is part of the hospital's Division of Infectious Diseases
in the Department of Medicine, and is one of the first centers in the
country established exclusively for the study and treatment of international
health problems. All physicians are trained in Internal Medicine and are
specialists in infectious diseases and the prevention, identification and
treatment of international health problems.
Services include:
· Pre-travel and health care planning for
individuals and groups.
· A complete vaccination program for your
destination, accompanied by an International Certificate of Vaccination.
· Advice and counseling on preventive
measures that will best maintain your personal health abroad, such as
guidelines for food and water consumption.
· Complete and up-to-date information on
health hazards and epidemics in specific countries.
· Advice regarding the best ways for you to
obtain medical assistance while traveling abroad.
· Post-travel diagnosis and treatment of
illnesses acquired while traveling abroad.
· Travelers' HealthCare Center physicians
are available to present on-site, pre-travel seminars for groups of ten or
more business or private travelers.
· Links
1.) Center for Disease Control Travel
2.) U.S. State Department Consular
Services
Call (216) 844-8500 for an appointment
with the Travelers' HealthCare Center.
