Travel destination
Winter sun on the Smiling Coast and river trips inland. Yellow fever is recommended for most travellers to The Gambia.
The Gambia carries a real malaria risk year-round, and yellow fever is a consideration with a certificate often required. Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers, with rabies for longer or rural trips. We match the current advice to your itinerary at your appointment.
The Gambia's river, beaches and birdlife draw UK travellers, and travel health, especially malaria and yellow fever, is a real part of planning it.
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.
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 The Gambia and the vaccine is recommended for most travellers. A yellow fever certificate may also be required on entry, depending on your route. 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 Gambia is a popular winter-sun and birdwatching destination, but as a West African country it carries more travel-health weight than a European break. We start from your route and season at your South London Clinic consultation.
Malaria is present throughout The Gambia and is a year-round risk, so antimalarial tablets are frequently recommended. The WHO notes malaria remains a leading cause of illness in sub-Saharan Africa, and we check the TravelHealthPro Gambia advice against your trip alongside bite avoidance.
Yellow fever is a consideration in The Gambia and a certificate is often required, including for onward travel. Because yellow fever can only be given at a designated centre and South London Clinic is not one, we confirm whether your route needs it and direct you to your nearest NaTHNaC-designated centre.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers, with rabies for longer or rural trips and hepatitis B for longer stays, plus a routine tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR check. Meningitis is a dry-season consideration in the wider region.
Six to eight weeks where possible, given yellow fever at a designated centre and malaria tablets to start.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for The Gambia?
A: Usually yes, as malaria is present year-round. We check your itinerary.
Q: Do I need yellow fever for The Gambia?
A: Often, and a certificate is frequently required. We confirm and point you to a designated centre.
Q: Which vaccines for The Gambia?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for most, plus rabies and hepatitis B 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 registerUsually yes. Malaria is present throughout the country year-round, so antimalarial tablets are frequently recommended. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic checks the current advice against your trip.
Often, and a certificate is frequently required including for onward travel. Yellow fever is only given at designated centres, so we confirm your route and point you to your nearest one.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for most travellers, plus rabies and hepatitis B for longer or rural trips, and a routine vaccine check.
Ideally six to eight weeks, given yellow fever at a designated centre and malaria tablets to begin before travel.
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