We are travelling to malaysia (langkawi resort and kl) for one week in late january. what are recommended immunisations? our children are up to date with their childhood immunisations (3 years, 6 years, 9 years, 11 years old).

Travel Advise: Please see the website wwwnc.cdc.gov. This is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it will guide you to what you have asked for You can also ask your GP to refer you to a Travel Health Consultant (some of the GP have a degree in Travel Medicine) for full health package for your travel. KL and Langkawi are generally safe to travel from the health point of view. Have a nice trip.

Vaccinations: Make sure you are up-to-date on routine vaccines. These vaccines include measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, and your yearly flu shot. May want to consider Hepatitis A and Typhoid. When traveling in Malaysia, you should avoid mosquito bites to prevent malaria.