Travel destination
Dhaka, Sylhet and visiting relatives. Staying in family homes changes what's advised compared with a hotel-only trip.
Bangladesh travel health centres on food-and-water illness, dengue and, for rural or long trips, rabies and Japanese encephalitis. Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers. Malaria affects some rural areas, mainly the Chittagong Hill Tracts. We match the current advice to your route.
Bangladesh, from Dhaka to the Sundarbans and the hill tracts, is a higher-consideration destination where food-and-water illness and mosquitoes are the main themes.
Your pharmacist matches advice to your 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.
What to check before you fly
No vaccination certificate is routinely required for UK travellers going directly to Bangladesh. A record of polio vaccination may be required if you are staying longer than four weeks. We will check the current requirement for your dates. 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.
Dhaka, the Sundarbans and the Chittagong Hill Tracts are different pictures, and how you travel and the season shape what you need. We start from your itinerary at your South London Clinic consultation.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers because both spread through food and water, and the NHS notes typhoid risk is highest in South Asia. Hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies come in for longer, rural or repeated trips, plus a routine tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR check.
Bangladesh has experienced large dengue outbreaks in recent years, and dengue rises sharply in the monsoon, spread by daytime-biting mosquitoes, so bite avoidance matters. Malaria risk is focused on some rural areas, mainly the Chittagong Hill Tracts, rather than Dhaka; the TravelHealthPro Bangladesh advice sets out where, which we check. Japanese encephalitis is a consideration for longer rural stays.
Rabies is present in Bangladesh, so any bite, scratch or lick needs urgent care, and pre-travel doses are worth discussing for longer or rural trips.
Six to eight weeks ahead where possible so any courses can be completed.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Bangladesh?
A: Mainly for the Chittagong Hill Tracts and some rural areas, not Dhaka. We check your route.
Q: Which vaccines for Bangladesh?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all, with hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies for longer or rural trips.
Q: Is dengue a risk?
A: Yes, with large monsoon outbreaks, so bite protection matters.
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 registerMainly for the Chittagong Hill Tracts and some rural areas rather than Dhaka. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic checks the current advice against your route.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all travellers, with hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies for longer, rural or repeated trips, plus a routine vaccine check.
Yes. Bangladesh has had large dengue outbreaks and cases rise sharply in the monsoon. It is spread by daytime-biting mosquitoes, so bite avoidance matters.
Yes, so any bite, scratch or lick needs urgent care. Pre-travel doses are worth discussing for longer or rural trips.
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