Westside Medical Centre is an Australian Government Accredited Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre

The yellow fever vaccine is a little more complicated than other travel immunisations for two main reasons.

Whilst many other travel vaccines (such as hepatitis or typhoid vaccines) can be provided by any general practice surgery, surgeries wishing to provide yellow fever immunisations must have formal accreditation that is compliant with World Health Organisation (WHO) requirements.

Travellers to Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and Central America should carry with them documentation from an accredited vaccination centre outlining their Yellow Fever Immunisation status.  You may be prevented from boarding your plane, or denied entry at an international border, if you don’t have this documentation. This documentation will outline one of two things:

1. The details of your yellow fever immunisation, OR
2. The details of why you can’t be immunised against yellow fever

The decision about whether to have the yellow fever immunisation can be a complex one, particularly for people over 60 years of age, and a careful consideration of your medical history is required. The details of your medical history must be available to the doctor in order to give you the appropriate advice.

If you usually attend another practice but would like to consult a doctor with a special interest in travel medicine, either for a full travel medicine consult, or a discussion about yellow fever immunisation only, please talk to our reception staff about how best to have a summary of your medical history available.

If you’d like to read a little more about yellow fever and/or the yellow fever immunisation, we recommend the websites below.

Please see the fees for yellow fever vaccination here under 'Immunisations'

World Health Organisation - https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/yellow-fever

United States Centre for Disease Control - https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/