Travel Medicine
Healthy travel today means more planning and preparation than most business and vacation travelers are used to, particularly when visiting foreign countries. The more we travel, the more we are exposed to diseases our bodies have never had to fight before. Malaria, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Hepatitis, Cholera and many other dangerous diseases are epidemic in many parts of our shrinking world.
The nationally recognized Hillcrest International Travel Health Services, based at the Berkshire Medical Center Hillcrest Campus, offers a full range of information on travel-related health issues, medical services and health counseling for the international traveler. Each year tens of thousands of vacation and business trips are shattered by sudden illness, which might have been prevented. Travelers abroad owe it to themselves to be fully prepared for the real risks which may be encountered. Available to all travelers, Hillcrest International Travel Health Services include:
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Up-to-the-minute information on what you need virtually anywhere in the world
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Personal evaluation and recommendation for preventive measures and medications
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All legally required or medically recommended vaccines and immunizations
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Official International Certificate of Vaccination required by foreign immigration authorities
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Medical travel kits
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Free patient education materials
Hillcrest International Travel Health Services is an official Massachusetts Department of Public Health Department Yellow Fever Vaccination Center and a founding member of the International Society of Travel Medicine. In 2007, Conde Naste Traveler Magazine, one of the most recognized national and international travel magazines, named Hillcrest International Travel Health Services a top travel health specialist - one of only five in the state so honored and one of 31 nationally. Take a look at the article by clicking here.
Contact Information:
Laurie Bank, FNP Phone: 413-445-9523 Email: laurieb@bhs1.org Our address is: BMC Hillcrest Campus, 165 Tor Court, Pittsfield, MA Click here for directions to BMC Hillcrest Campus
