Immunisations

Looking for a travel vaccination centre in Melbourne? Our team of medical practitioners prescribe immunisations, where relevant, to keep you healthy on your travels. Administered by trained registered nurses, available vaccines include the routine (e.g. measles, mumps, rubella, and influenza), and the more complicated (e.g. yellow fever). We also provide all associated international certifications for travel.

Our team will only recommend vaccinations based on the individual's requirements, the itinerary of the traveller, their health status, when the benefit of the vaccine outweighs the associated risk of complications arising from vaccine side effects, and when the risk of disease and illness is indicated. Book your travel vaccination in Melbourne with the Travel Doctor-TMVC team before your next trip!

BCG clinic

BCG is a live vaccine against tuberculosis (TB). In Australia, children under 5 years old travelling to countries with a certain risk of TB transmission are recommended to receive the BCG vaccine before travel.

We provide BCG vaccinations at the Melbourne CBD clinic. Fees are payable for the medical consultation and BCG vaccine.

Both parents should attend the BCG vaccination clinic with their child, if possible. It is best for the parents of the child to be well informed about the vaccination.

If your child has travelled outside Australia or if they might have been exposed to TB before, a skin test known as Mantoux (Tuberculin Skin Test, or TST) may be required prior to BCG vaccination. After a TST, your child will need to return for a repeat visit to evaluate the response in 3 days’ time.

Other live vaccines should ideally be given one month apart from BCG, e.g. Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) at 12 months of age and Measles, Mumps, Rubella & Varicella/chickenpox (MMRV) at 18 months. Live vaccines may otherwise be given on the same day if the child is departing Australia very soon. We can administer those vaccines at the clinic.

To book a BCG vaccination for your child, please call (03) 9666 0600 or complete the Request a Booking form and one of our friendly team members will contact you. Please mention 'BCG (TB vaccine)' in the 'Other Information' box.

Education and advice

Our travel health professionals are highly skilled in travel medicine and understand how to keep travellers safe, wherever their destination. We have access to up-to-date country-specific information that details the current risk of any disease, illness, or travel threat that could impact your trip.

We provide you with all information relevant to your itinerary and the regions you are visiting. Furthermore, we provide tailored education on how to travel based on your individual health status.  Whether you are travelling for work, pregnant, travelling with children, disabled, or a mature traveller, we can provide you with the information, tips, and tools you need to keep you safe overseas.

Medication

Our travel medicine practitioners prescribe prescription medications to treat several travellers' illnesses, including malaria, schistosomiasis, travellers' diarrhoea, jetlag, and allergies, among others. Additionally, depending on your individual health status and itinerary, our doctors can prescribe prevention medications, including those that inhibit acute mountain sickness (AMS) and malaria preventative measures.

Post-travel support

Our clinic staff provide consultations and medical support for any traveller experiencing complications following travel. With extensive experience in managing and reporting post-travel illness and disease, we conduct pathology testing to identify the type of illness affecting the traveller and, if required, can refer you to an appropriate specialist for treatment and monitoring.

Corporate travel and deployment medicals

We offer corporate travellers and clients an extensive medical program to ensure the health of workers is assessed prior to deployment and on return to Australia. Our medicals include altitude, fitness for deployment, overseas visa medicals, and post-travel medicals.

Retail

Travel Doctor-TMVC Melbourne stocks a range of travel necessities available for purchase over the counter, with no medical appointment necessary. Highly recommended by medical practitioners, our retail stock includes insect repellents, netting, and spray to repel malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.