Travel destination
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi, Murchison Falls and the Nile. Yellow fever is recommended for most travellers to Uganda.
Uganda carries real travel-health weight: yellow fever is required, with a certificate needed for entry, malaria is a significant risk across the country, and hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers. Rabies matters for rural trips and gorilla trekking. We match the current advice to your route.
Uganda's gorillas, savannah parks and the Nile draw adventurous travellers, and travel health, especially yellow fever and malaria, is central to planning.
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 Uganda and the vaccine is recommended for most travellers. A yellow fever certificate may also be required on entry, depending on your route. Proof of meningococcal ACWY vaccination may be required for some travellers — we will check the current rule for your visa and route. 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.
Gorilla trekking, savannah safari and the source of the Nile make Uganda a bucket-list trip, and as an equatorial East African country it carries significant travel-health weight. We start from your route and season at your South London Clinic consultation.
Uganda requires proof of yellow fever vaccination for entry, and a certificate is needed for most travellers. The TravelHealthPro Uganda advice confirms the position. Because yellow fever is only given at a designated centre and South London Clinic is not one, we confirm your route and direct you to your nearest NaTHNaC-designated centre in good time.
Malaria is a significant, year-round risk across Uganda, so antimalarial tablets are usually recommended. The WHO notes malaria remains a leading cause of illness in sub-Saharan Africa, and we check the current advice against your route alongside bite avoidance.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers, with rabies a real consideration for rural trips and gorilla trekking given limited urgent-treatment access, and hepatitis B for longer stays, plus a routine vaccine check.
Six to eight weeks where possible, given yellow fever at a designated centre and malaria tablets to start.
Q: Do I need yellow fever for Uganda?
A: Yes, it is required and a certificate is needed for entry. We confirm and point you to a designated centre.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Uganda?
A: Usually yes, as malaria is a significant year-round risk. We check your route.
Q: Which vaccines for Uganda?
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 registerYes. Uganda requires proof of yellow fever vaccination for entry and a certificate is needed for most travellers. Yellow fever is only given at designated centres, so South London Clinic confirms your route and points you to your nearest one in good time.
Usually yes. Malaria is a significant, year-round risk across the country. Your pharmacist checks the current advice against your route.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all travellers, plus rabies (a real consideration for rural trips and gorilla trekking) and hepatitis B for longer stays, 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