Our Services
Your clinic visit
- What to expect:
Great! You have planned your trip overseas and now you need advice and information on staying healthy whilst away.
WORLDWISE® is your ‘ONE STOP SHOP’ for all your travel health needs.
- When to book an appointment:
- WORLDWISE® recommends travellers make an appointment with
one of our Centres at least 6- 8 weeks before travel
- Some vaccinations require a number of doses, and it is good to
start them well before you travel. This is also a good time to
check out any medications that you may need to prevent malaria
- It is never too late to get updates or advice for your travel.
We are here to help you get as much information as we can for a
safe and healthy trip overseas.
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- WORLDWISE® recommends travellers make an appointment with
one of our Centres at least 6- 8 weeks before travel
- How to prepare for your visit:
Before specific advice can be given to you, we will need you to bring with you your detailed itinerary:
- Exactly where you are going
- How long you are going to be there
- Whether you will be travelling in rural or urban areas
- the kind of accommodation you plan to live in
If you have not finalised your itinerary, having a consultation with us is still a wise option as it will provide you with an awareness of risks in your destination areas.
Please also bring with you:
- Knowledge of your previous vaccinations. Past vaccination booklet
or plunket book
- Knowledge of your medical conditions, medications and allergies
- Exactly where you are going
- What happens during the consultation:
- When you arrive, we will give you a form to fill out providing us with all the necessary details we need to know.
- You will then be seen by one of our specialised clinicians who will go through your itinerary and medical history and consult you from there.
- We will provide you with the necessary information pamphlets to take away with you
- Once advised, you are free to choose whether you would like any vaccinations or not
- We can provide you with a vaccination record booklet
- It’s not just about Vaccinations:
Your pre-travel comprehensive consultation will include advice on:
- Risks and latest health alert updates for the destination areas
- Safety and Security issues
- Water purification
- Food and vector borne diseases
- Antimalarial information
- Travel insurance
- In flight safety
- Travel related first aid advice
- Medical kit information
- Altitude sickness (AMS)
- Children’s and women’s health issues where appropriate
- How much time
to allow:
- Our full comprehensive pre travel consultation goes for approximately 45-60 minutes, depending on how many there are of you
- After any vaccination, we recommend you remain in the clinic
for 20 minutes
- Consultation
alternatives:
- We provide various consultation options focusing on particular vaccinations or malarials, please feel free to contact our Auckland clinic for more information.
- If you are no where near our clinics, we have a number of
medical associations who are members of our health professional
online service. This means that they are updated with current travel
health information and can advise you accordingly.
- Why we are unable
to tell you what you need over the phone:
- As you can see, it is a little more involved than just reeling
off a list of vaccinations as SO many variables are involved.
- The people answering the phones are our fantastic receptionists
and medico legally, are unable to give any medical advice.
What they CAN do is let you know about how our clinics work and
book an appointment for you.
- We are privately owned clinics and not government funded -
our specialised clinicians spend their day with clients and are
unavailable to provide a phone consultation service.
- As you can see, it is a little more involved than just reeling
off a list of vaccinations as SO many variables are involved.
- Advantages of
coming to us:
- Expert advice from clinicians trained and updated in Travel
Medicine.
- Yellow Fever registered clinics.
- Provider of all travel vaccines and anti-malarial medication.
- ‘ONE-STOP-SHOP’ for Consultation, Vaccination, Medication
and Travel-related product.
- Travel Health is our specialty.
- Expert advice from clinicians trained and updated in Travel
Medicine.
- Costs:
- Our consultation costs vary depending on what you have with
us. For more information on this please contact one of your nearest ‘WORLDWISE
clinics’.
- Specific vaccines vary in price, ranging individually between
$20 - $150+.
- Medications, including antimalarials are priced competitively
and costs are dependant on choice and duration of treatment.
- We see your health as vitally important and consider this a form of health insurance. Travel is spoilt if you become unwell.
- Our consultation costs vary depending on what you have with
us. For more information on this please contact one of your nearest ‘WORLDWISE
clinics’.