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Without which vaccinations is it dangerous to leave Ukraine?
Medical expert of the article
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
Experts advise those planning a seaside vacation – in Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, India and even in neighboring Russia – to get vaccinated against viral hepatitis A.
“The use of molecular genetic methods has made it possible to establish that the majority of those who have fallen ill with hepatitis A in recent years ‘received’ the virus while on holiday in Egypt,” doctors note.
"For protection, one vaccination is enough, given at least 2-4 weeks before departure. It will provide protection against the disease for 12-18 months. In order to provide protection for 20 years or more, it is necessary to get a second vaccination 6 months after the first one," experts recommend.
You can get vaccinated for a fee at the city vaccination center.
In most European countries, especially in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Romania, Italy and some regions of Russia, outbreaks of measles have been recorded for the third year.
Doctors advise checking with your local clinic to see if you were vaccinated against this disease as a child. "Particular attention should be paid to this by people aged 20-29: among them there is the largest number of those who are not protected from measles," the experts note.
If you have not been vaccinated, you can also correct this at a vaccination center – at least 3-4 weeks before departure so that the body has time to develop protection.
In 33 African countries (Angola, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, etc.) and 10 Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, etc.) you can get yellow fever.
According to the World Health Organization, yellow fever occurs in 33 African countries (Angola, Benin, Ghana, Kenya, etc.) and 10 Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, etc.). When traveling to these countries for vacation or business, it is necessary to get vaccinated against yellow fever.
The vaccination must be done no later than 10 days before departure.
"In recent years, recreation in the wild has become popular: people go into the forests with tents, raft down rivers in kayaks," experts note. "If such recreation is planned in certain regions of Russia (the Urals, Karelia, Komi, the Far East, and others), then it is necessary to get vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis."
To form a full protection, it is necessary to make 2 vaccinations with a minimum interval of 1 month. Doctors recommend going to areas where there is a high risk of tick-borne encephalitis no earlier than 3-4 weeks after the second vaccination.