Travel destination
Victoria Falls, Hwange and Mana Pools. Safari and river trips bring a slightly longer list than a city stopover.
Zimbabwe combines Victoria Falls, safari and the cities, and travel health centres on malaria, food-and-water illness and, for onward travel, a yellow fever certificate. Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for most travellers; malaria protection matters for many areas. We match the current advice to your itinerary.
Zimbabwe means Victoria Falls, Hwange safari and Harare, and travel health is a real part of planning it. Malaria and food-and-water illness are the main themes.
Your pharmacist matches the current advice to your exact 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
Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe 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.
Victoria Falls, Hwange and Mana Pools safaris and the cities make Zimbabwe a rich trip that carries more travel-health weight than a European break. The place to start is your route and season at your South London Clinic consultation.
Malaria is a significant risk across much of low-lying Zimbabwe, including the Zambezi Valley and Victoria Falls area, and is seasonal; Harare and the high veld are lower risk. The WHO reports malaria remains a leading cause of illness across sub-Saharan Africa, so antimalarial tablets are often genuinely recommended here. We check the TravelHealthPro Zimbabwe advice against your route and cover bite avoidance.
There is no yellow fever risk in Zimbabwe itself, but a certificate can be required if you are arriving from or transiting a yellow-fever-risk country, so a multi-stop African itinerary needs checking. Where a certificate is needed, we direct you to a NaTHNaC-designated centre, as South London Clinic is not one.
Hepatitis A and typhoid come up for nearly all travellers, with hepatitis B and rabies for longer, rural or adventurous trips, plus a check of routine tetanus, diphtheria, polio and MMR cover.
Give yourself six to eight weeks where possible, especially with malaria tablets to start before travel. A later booking is still useful.
Q: Do I need malaria tablets for Zimbabwe?
A: For much of the country including Victoria Falls and the Zambezi Valley, often yes; the high veld and Harare are lower risk. We check your itinerary.
Q: Is there yellow fever in Zimbabwe?
A: No, but a certificate may be required if you arrive from a risk country.
Q: Which vaccines for Zimbabwe?
A: Hepatitis A and typhoid for most, plus hepatitis B 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 registerFor much of the low-lying country, including Victoria Falls and the Zambezi Valley, often yes, and it is seasonal. Harare and the high veld are lower risk. Your pharmacist at South London Clinic checks your route.
No, but a certificate can be required if you are arriving from or transiting a yellow-fever-risk country, so multi-stop African trips need checking.
Hepatitis A and typhoid for nearly all travellers, plus hepatitis B and rabies for longer, rural or adventurous trips, and a check of routine UK vaccines.
Ideally six to eight weeks, especially with 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