What is a travel clinic?
A travel clinic is a clinic where travel medicine is dispensed. Travel medicine has become an important and increasingly prominent subspecialty in medicine in the past 10-15 years. It entails much more than administering vaccines:

>  Individualized risk assessment (health history of the individual, destination,
    planned activities, and length of stay)
>  Risk management, providing immunizations and recommending medication for
    conditions the traveler may encounter in their destination (malaria,
    traveler's diarrhea, altitude sickness, etc.)

Can't I just visit my family doctor? Why is the travel doctor different?
If you are a low-risk traveler (traveling for business to a developed country and staying in a five-star resort), then your family doctor can suggest minor precautions to help you have a safe and healthy trip.

However, if you are planning to do backpacking or visit remote areas and “live off the land,” you may require a full set of immunizations and detailed medical advice before you leave. This advice is generally best provided by a doctor who specializes in travel medicine.

For more information, call or visit your local travel clinic for advice on planning a safe and healthy trip.