Travel destination
Dubai and Abu Dhabi stopovers, business trips and winter breaks. Usually simple — the detail is in where you fly on to.
Dubai and the wider UAE are low risk for most travellers, with no yellow fever or routine malaria concern. The main steps are making sure routine UK vaccines are up to date and considering hepatitis A and typhoid for longer stays or wider regional travel. A certificate may be needed if arriving from a yellow-fever-risk country.
Dubai and the UAE are among the lower-risk destinations, with modern healthcare and no routine malaria. Travel health is mostly about routine cover and a few sensible extras.
Your pharmacist tailors it to your trip 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
United Arab Emirates may require a yellow fever certificate from travellers arriving from a country with a risk of yellow fever transmission — including some stopovers. There is no yellow fever risk in United Arab Emirates itself. 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.
The UAE is a low-risk, high-infrastructure destination, so travel health is lighter than for much of the region. The starting point is still your plans, especially if the UAE is one stop on a wider trip, at your South London Clinic consultation.
The main step for most travellers is making sure routine UK vaccines, tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR, are up to date. Hepatitis A and typhoid are worth considering for longer stays, wider regional travel or if you will eat widely outside international hotels; the NHS travel vaccination guidance is a useful base, which we tailor. Hepatitis B and rabies are considered for long stays.
There is no routine malaria risk in the UAE and no yellow fever risk in the country itself. However, a yellow fever certificate can be required if you are arriving from or transiting a yellow-fever-risk country, so a multi-stop itinerary via Africa or South America needs checking; the TravelHealthPro UAE page sets out the position.
A few weeks ahead is usually plenty; a later booking is fine for a low-risk trip.
Q: Do I need vaccines for Dubai?
A: Mainly a check that routine UK vaccines are up to date, with hepatitis A and typhoid worth considering for longer or wider trips.
Q: Is there malaria in the UAE?
A: No routine malaria risk.
Q: Could I need a yellow fever certificate?
A: Only if arriving from a yellow-fever-risk country. We check your itinerary.
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 a check that your routine UK vaccines are up to date, with hepatitis A and typhoid worth considering for longer stays, wider regional travel or eating widely outside hotels. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic tailors it.
No, there is no routine malaria risk in the UAE.
Only if you are arriving from or transiting a yellow-fever-risk country. We check your itinerary, as multi-stop trips via Africa or South America can trigger it.
A few weeks is usually plenty for a low-risk trip, though a routine vaccine check is always worthwhile.
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