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# Japanese Encephalitis Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
kris123456 02:59 UTC 14 Oct 2008 | I posted recently about wanting to visit New Ireland and New Britain. Should we (this includes children) have the Japanese encephalitis vaccine if staying up to 5 days in each place (we would be staying at rural resorts)? I will also post this question in the medical forum. Thanks for any help or advice. |
arube 04:16 UTC 14 Oct 2008 | Please can you get intouch with me Mr Robert Arua I can help you with your travelling interest to Papua New Guinea. | 1
arube 04:34 UTC 14 Oct 2008 | Please can you get intouch with me Mr Robert Arua I can help you with your travelling interest to Papua New Guinea. | 2
api 04:40 UTC 14 Oct 2008 | This could depend on the age of your children - it is a nasty vaccination. I'm not sure of the minimum age, but I discussed it with my paediatrican and she wouldn't consider it for young kids. It is also a very nasty disease though - if in doubt and your kids can have it, it is probably worth it. | 3
jonno1985 09:10 UTC 14 Oct 2008 | Hi there, I recently returned from eight weeks in PNG with six in New Ireland (mainly Kavieng but also Lavongai and Namatanai). Myself and a colleague were working in the general hospital in Kavieng as final year medical students. We chose not to have the vaccine. As with most things prevention is better than cure and while in this case prevention can include the vaccination I think it's better to go with the time honoured mosquito net and tropical strength bushmans plus as well as cover up. Funnily enough we really didn't have too much of a problem with the mozzies and they usually eat me alive. So my advice would be no to vaccination and yes to all the other methods of prevention RELIGIOUSLY! Cheers, Jon | 4
donbrisbane 10:33 UTC 14 Oct 2008 | i am not sure of the current situation of jap e outbreaks in those 2 areas,as far as i know the areas are ok,and would not require the jap e vaccines,i had them for my recent trip into the highlands of west papua,where there is recent jap e outbreaks(mosquitos that bite pigs and then humans)very nasty,the shots are super strong and i doubt kids would cope with it,you should also get 3 shots over a small period of time(3 months)to get proper protection.p.s. they are expensive pricks!!!! | 5