Vaccinations for Ecuador & Galapagos Islands

If you are traveling to Ecuador, you need to be well equipped in terms of health and hygiene. Vaccinations for Galapagos include the following and need to be administered 4 to 6 weeks prior to travel.

Hepatitis A

This medication, with special reference to vaccinations for Galapagos, is administered two to four weeks before departure. A booster shot is also recommended within a year to ensure long term immunization from the disease. Apart from mild side effects such as soreness at the site of injection, headache and malaise, the inoculation is stated to be free from any serious complications. Adults who are old or those who suffer from chronic liver diseases, need to be administered an intramuscular dose of 0.02ml/kg. The medicine needs to be administered two weeks prior to departure.

Typhoid Medication

This vaccine is recommended for all apart from small term travelers who spend their travel in Ecuador eating food from well known restaurants and hotels. This medication is administered in an oral form. There are four capsules that need to be administered on alternate days. Nausea, rash and hives are normal side effects and need to be administered to patients who are older than six years of age. A child aged two can be given a single dose through an injection.

Yellow Fever

Vaccinations in Galapagos include a dose for yellow fever and this medicine can be administered to a child above the age of one. Muscle aches and mild fevers are often related to yellow fever.

Tetanus-Diphtheria

This is recommended to travelers who have not received a single dose for the past ten years.

Measles-Mumps and Rubella Vaccine

All travelers who were born after the year 1956 are to be administered two doses after a blood test. Those born before the year 1970 need a single dose to fight all three diseases at the same time.