Travel Medicine

Traveling overseas? The Travel Medicine Clinic in the Preventive Environmental Medicine (POEM) Clinic can help you have a safe and healthy trip. The clinic offers a comprehensive consultation service designed to keep you healthy, no matter where your travels take you. The clinic will provide travel vaccines and prescriptions for medications you may need before your departure.

Consultation Services

• Review of potential health risks geared to your personal itinerary
• Expert advice on reducing the risks of getting sick from contaminated food, water, insects or parasites
• Articles and information related to health and travel for the countries you'll be visiting
• Contact information for United States embassies and consulates in the countries you'll be visiting

Travel Vaccinations

• Combined Hepatitis A & B (TwinRix)
• Hepatitis A 
• Hepatitis B
• Influenza
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Measles, Mumps & Rubella
• Meningococcal
• Pneumococcal
• Polio
• Tetanus + Diphtheria and TDAP
• Typhoid Fever
• Yellow Fever
• Rabies

The UAMS POEM Clinic is an official Yellow Fever Vaccination Center. A certificate of vaccination approved by the World Health Organization is provided for all vaccinations received at the clinic.

Insurance coverage for travel medicine shots and prescriptions varies, so please check directly with your medical insurance carrier for details on your coverage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Need a physical examination? Check out our executive physical service.

If you have travel medicine questions, please call 686-8821.