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| High Altitudes |
| Injuries |
| Suggested Medical Kit |
| Packing Checklist |
| Helpful Resources |
| Zika Virus Advisory |
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Your Travel Checklist
Making a list and checking it twice isn’t a habit that’s restricted to the holiday season. With all the planning that comes with an international trip, we know how easy it is to overlook essential items!
Download a printable checklist of things you should bring abroad at this link.
Prescription Medication
- Pack your prescription medications in your carry-on luggage.
- Pack copies of all prescriptions, including the generic names for medications.
- Pack a note on letterhead stationery from the prescribing physician for controlled substances and injectable medications.
- Leave a copy of your prescriptions at home with a friend or relative.
- Check with the American Embassy or Consulate to make sure that your medicines will be allowed into the country you are visiting. Some countries do not let visitors bring certain medicines into the country.
- Prescription medicines you usually take
- If you have a severe allergy and epinephrine has been prescribed by your doctor, bring your Epinephrine auto-injector (for example, an EpiPen).
- Special prescriptions for the trip
- Medicines to prevent malaria, if needed
- Antibiotic prescribed by your doctor for self-treatment of moderate to severe diarrhea
- Over-the-counter medicines
- Antidiarrheal medication (for example, bismuth subsalicylate, loperamide)
- Antihistamine
- Decongestant, alone or in combination with antihistamine
- Anti-motion sickness medication
- Medicine for pain or fever (such as acetaminophen, aspirin, or ibuprofen)
- Mild laxative
- Cough suppressant/expectorant
- Cough drops
- Antacid
- Antifungal and antibacterial ointments or creams
- 1% hydrocortisone cream
Traveling to a country with risk of Zika?
If you are traveling to an area with the risk of Zika, you can pack a few items in your travel health kit to protect yourself and your family. Your kit should include items that will reduce your risk of getting Zika. Reducing this risk is particularly important for pregnant women.
Your kit should include:
- Insect repellent (pay attention to these ingredients: DEET, picaridin, IR3535, OLE or PMD, or 2-undecanone)
- Long-sleeved shirts and long pants
- Clothing and gear treated with permethrin
- Infant carrier mosquito net (if needed)
- Bed net (if mosquitoes can get to where you’re sleeping)
- Contraceptives (if you might have sex)
For more information on Zika and travel, click here.