Travel destination
Baobabs, lemurs and long drives between parks — remote enough that animal-contact cover often comes up.
Madagascar carries real travel-health weight: malaria affects most of the island, hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers, and rabies is a consideration for rural trips. Yellow fever is not a risk itself but a certificate may be required if arriving from a risk country. We match the current advice to your route.
Madagascar is a remote, biodiverse destination where travel health matters, with malaria across most of the island and limited medical infrastructure outside the capital.
Your pharmacist matches the current 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
Madagascar 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 Madagascar itself. 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.
Madagascar is remote and its healthcare is limited outside Antananarivo, so preparation matters more than for a mainstream destination. We start from your route and season at your South London Clinic consultation.
Malaria is present across most of Madagascar, particularly the coastal and lowland areas, and is often genuinely recommended; the highlands around the capital are lower risk. The WHO notes malaria remains a leading cause of illness across sub-Saharan Africa, and we check the TravelHealthPro Madagascar advice against your route, alongside bite avoidance.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers because both spread through food and water. Rabies is a real consideration for rural travel given limited access to urgent treatment, and hepatitis B for longer stays, plus a routine tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR check.
There is no yellow fever risk in Madagascar itself, but a certificate can be required if you are arriving from or transiting a risk country, which we check for multi-stop African trips.
Six to eight weeks where possible, given malaria tablets and any courses.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Madagascar?
A: For most of the island, often yes; the highlands are lower risk. We check your route.
Q: Is rabies a risk in Madagascar?
A: Yes, and with limited treatment access, pre-travel doses are worth discussing for rural trips.
Q: Which vaccines for Madagascar?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all, 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 registerFor most of the island, particularly coastal and lowland areas, often yes. The highlands around the capital are lower risk. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic checks the current advice against your route.
Yes, and because access to urgent treatment is limited outside the capital, pre-travel doses are worth discussing for rural trips. Any bite still needs urgent care.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all travellers, plus rabies and hepatitis B for longer or rural trips, and a routine vaccine check.
No, but a certificate can be required if you arrive from or transit a yellow-fever-risk country, so multi-stop African trips need checking.
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