Travel destination
Buenos Aires, Patagonia and Iguazu. Mostly straightforward, with yellow fever relevant to the subtropical north.
Argentina spans Buenos Aires, Patagonia, the Andes and the subtropical north, and travel health depends heavily on where you go. Most of the country is low risk with routine cover plus hepatitis A and typhoid; yellow fever and malaria only apply to specific northern regions. We check the current advice against your route.
Argentina runs from Buenos Aires and Patagonia to Iguazu and the Andean north-west, and what you need leans on which regions you visit.
Most of the country is low risk. Your pharmacist matches advice to your exact route at South London Clinic.
Vaccines
A starting point, not a prescription. What you actually need depends on where exactly you're going, what you'll be doing, how long for and what you've already had — a pharmacist confirms all of it at your appointment.
South London Clinic is a designated Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre — we provide the yellow fever vaccine and issue the ICVP certificate here. Yellow fever at our clinic
What to check before you fly
There is a risk of yellow fever in parts of Argentina and the vaccine is recommended for some travellers, depending on exactly where you go. A certificate may also be required on entry. Entry requirements change — we confirm the current rules for your exact itinerary at your appointment.
Bites, risk and tablets
Malaria risk changes by region, altitude and season, and depends on exactly where you are going and when. We check the current TravelHealthPro country advice against your itinerary at your appointment, and talk you through bite avoidance and, where it is needed, antimalarial tablets.
Give yourself enough time
Ideally see us six to eight weeks before you travel, as some vaccines are given as a course over several weeks. A rabies course runs over about three to four weeks, so start that one early. Travelling sooner than that? Book anyway — there is usually still something worth doing.
Buenos Aires, Patagonia and the Lake District are a different picture from the subtropical north around Iguazu and the Andean north-west. Where you go shapes what you need, so we start from your itinerary at your South London Clinic consultation.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers because both spread through food and water; the NHS lists them among common recommendations. Hepatitis B and rabies come in for longer or rural trips, plus a check of routine tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR cover.
Yellow fever is a consideration only for specific northern and north-eastern areas bordering Brazil and around Iguazu; most of Argentina, including Buenos Aires and Patagonia, is not a risk. The TravelHealthPro Argentina page sets out where, which we check for your route; yellow fever is only given at a designated centre, so we direct you to one if needed.
Malaria risk is low and limited to small border areas in the far north; most trips need none. Dengue occurs, particularly in the north and after the rainy season, so daytime bite avoidance is sensible there.
Four to six weeks is usually enough, more if a course is involved.
Q: Do I need yellow fever for Argentina?
A: Only for specific northern areas near Brazil and Iguazu; most of the country is not a risk. We check your route.
Q: Is there malaria in Argentina?
A: Very limited, only small far-northern border areas. Most trips need no tablets.
Q: Which vaccines for Argentina?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for most, plus hepatitis B and rabies for longer or rural trips.
Who you'll see
Superintendent Pharmacist & Independent Prescriber
Rafay has been a pharmacist for more than 12 years and runs the travel clinic at Hills Pharmacy. He'll go through where you're going, what you'll be doing and what you've already had, then explain in plain language what's worth having for your trip and what isn't.
GPhC registration 2240995
Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, South London SE11 4HQ — GPhC premises 1093041 (Marlborough UK Limited)
Check on the GPhC registerOnly for specific northern and north-eastern areas near Brazil and Iguazu; most of Argentina, including Buenos Aires and Patagonia, is not a risk. Yellow fever is only given at designated centres, so South London Clinic confirms your route and points you to one if needed.
Risk is very limited, confined to small far-northern border areas, so most trips need no antimalarial tablets.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for most travellers, plus hepatitis B and rabies for longer or rural trips, and a check of routine UK vaccines.
Four to six weeks is usually enough, or longer if a vaccine course is involved.
Book a travel appointment and a pharmacist will go through your itinerary with you — where you're going, what you'll be doing and what you've already had — then tell you what's worth having and what isn't.
Vaccines and antimalarial tablets are prescription only medicines. Suitability is assessed at your consultation — nothing is sold or supplied without it.
Book an appointment
Appointments are with a pharmacist at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane — free parking nearby.
What to bring: a list of any medicines you take, and any records that are relevant to what you're coming in for.
Book an appointmentSouth London Clinic at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, South London, Lambeth, SE11 4HQ · Free parking nearby
Bookings for this clinic are taken by phone and email. Give us a call during opening hours and we'll go through the times that are free.
Opening hours
Appointments are subject to availability. If you are travelling, call as early as you can — some travel vaccines need a course started in advance.
Where to find us
The clinic is inside Hills Pharmacy on High Street. Come in through the shop and tell the counter you're here for an appointment.
Address
South London Travel Clinic at Hills Pharmacy99 Kennington LaneOpening hours
Clinic appointments run within these hours. Bank holiday hours can differ — please call before travelling in.
South London Travel Clinic at Hills Pharmacy, 99 Kennington Lane, Kennington, Lambeth, SE11 4HQ