International Travel Clinic

Campus Health Services offers an International Travel Clinic for those UNC community members eligible for CHS services that will be traveling abroad.

The Travel Clinic offers education and guidance about maintaining your health while traveling. Topics covered include information specific to you and your destination such as:

• Drinking water
• Sanitation
• Insect-bourne disease
• Driving conditions
• Personal Security
• Recommended and required immunizations

Summer Travel Clinic Dates and Times:

• Monday, May 20, 2013 9a-10a
• Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10-11a
• Thursday, June 27, 2013 10a-11a
• Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10a-11a

If you're interested in attending an upcoming travel clinic, please follow these steps.

Step 1: Fill out the Travel Questionnaire

• Download the Travel Questionnaire, complete and sign. List immunizations you have received and the dates received. 
• Bring the completed Travel Questionnaire to Nursing Services at CHS or fax it to 919-843-6910. 
• It typically takes 2 weeks to review your questionnaire to ensure your travel clinic class includes information specific to your destination.
• Visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to review the topics listed in Section 7 of the Travel Questionnaire and to learn more about medications, safe travel tips, and immunizations.
  
  

Step 2: Schedule Your Travel Clinic

• Call 919-966-6573 between 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday – Friday to save your seat in a Travel Clinic.
• It is helpful, but not required, if when you call we have already received your Travel Questionnaire at Nursing Services at CHS or via fax 919-843-6910.
• It typically takes 2 weeks to review your questionnaire to ensure your travel clinic class includes information specific to your destination. Please plan accordingly.
• Cost for the class: $50.00 Note there is a no show fee of $25.00 if you fail to keep your Travel Clinic appointment unless you cancel or reschedule 24 hours in advance. There are additional charges for the immunizations and medications.

On-site Travel Clinic Consultation: On-site consultations can be arranged for Campus Health to come to your school or department to provide the classroom portion of the travel clinic for 10 or more people. Call 919-966-6573 to arrange this consultation. We need at least 3 weeks to prepare for your group prior to the class. Special billing directly to schools or departments can be arranged for travelling faculty and advisors.

Reminders

• Schedule a Travel Clinic appointment as soon as you know your plans, ideally several months ahead of time.
• Immunizations are given at the end of the travel appointment so allow at least 2 hours for the Travel Clinic class and immunizations.
• If you have a chronic condition, schedule a separate appointment with a CHS medical provider to update care in addition to attending the Group International Travel Clinic class.
• Fill your prescriptions shortly after your Travel Clinic appointment. Prescriptions may be filled at the Campus Health Services Pharmacy located in the basement of the CHS building.
• After your trip: Seek medical care if you are ill after returning from your trip, especially if you have a fever. Be sure to tell your medical provider where and when you have traveled.
• For travel to a country with risk of malaria, continue your malaria preventive medication for the specified time.