Travel destination
Visiting family in Punjab and Sindh, or trekking the Karakoram. Food-and-water cover plus polio requirements make this one to plan.
Pakistan travel health centres on food-and-water illness, and includes polio, which remains present, so a polio booster and sometimes an exit certificate matter. Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all; rabies, Japanese encephalitis, dengue and malaria apply by region. We match the current advice to your route.
Pakistan, from the cities to the northern mountains, is a higher-consideration destination, and polio and food-and-water illness are important 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 Pakistan. 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.
Karachi and Lahore, rural Sindh and Punjab, and the northern mountains are different pictures, and how you travel shapes what you need. We start from your itinerary at your South London Clinic consultation.
Pakistan is one of the few countries where wild poliovirus still circulates, and the WHO tracks ongoing polio transmission there. A polio booster is important, and Pakistan can require proof of polio vaccination for travellers leaving the country after a stay, so we make sure your cover and any certificate are sorted.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers because both spread through food and water, with the highest typhoid risk in South Asia. Hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies come in for longer, rural or repeated trips, plus a check of routine tetanus, diphtheria and MMR cover.
Malaria is present in many parts of Pakistan, mainly lower-lying rural and some urban areas rather than the high north; the TravelHealthPro Pakistan advice sets out where, which we check. Dengue occurs, especially after the monsoon, so bite avoidance matters.
Six to eight weeks where possible, given polio timing and any malaria tablets.
Q: Do I need a polio booster for Pakistan?
A: Yes, it is important, and a certificate may be required on leaving. We sort your cover.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Pakistan?
A: For many lower-lying areas, often yes; the high north is lower risk. We check your route.
Q: Which vaccines for Pakistan?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all, plus polio, and hepatitis B, JE 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 registerYes. Pakistan is one of the few countries where wild poliovirus still circulates, so a booster is important, and proof of polio vaccination can be required for travellers leaving after a stay. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic sorts your cover and any certificate.
For many lower-lying rural and some urban areas, often yes; the high northern mountains are lower risk. We check the current advice against your route.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all travellers, plus a polio booster, and hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis and rabies for longer, rural or repeated trips.
Yes, especially after the monsoon, so daytime bite avoidance matters. There is no preventive tablet.
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