do you need injections to visit jamaica?

Answer 1

No, they don't inject - they mostly smoke weed over there )

Answer 2

you need cumpulsory vaccinations only when you are travelling from an infected area, the two cumpulsory vaccinations are yellow fever and cholera, the rest are different immunisations, to protect the traveller, you must check with your travel agent before you go

heres some info:

Compulsory vaccinations:

Yellow fever certificate if arriving from infected areas. Exempt infants under 1 year.

if ure travellin fm uk u dont need it

Recommended immunisations:

Diphtheria*, hepatitis A, hepatitis B*, TB*, tetanus
* recommended in some circumstances, travellers making 3 or more visits per year, stays of more than 3 months in a rural area, high-risk occupational groups & backpackers staying more than 1 month.

hope this helps

Answer 3

Hepatitis A
Recommended for all travelers

Yellow fever
Required for travelers arriving from a yellow-fever-infected area in Africa or the Americas

Hepatitis B
For travelers who may have intimate contact with local residents, especially if visiting for more than 6 months

Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
Two doses recommended for all travelers born after 1956, if not previously given

Tetanus-diphtheria
Revaccination recommended every 10 years

Answer 4

The following are the recommended vaccinations for Jamaica.

Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for all travelers over one year of age. It should be given at least two weeks (preferably four weeks or more) before departure. A booster should be given 6-12 months later to confer long-term immunity. Two vaccines are currently available in the United States: VAQTA (Merck and Co., Inc.) (PDF) and Havrix (GlaxoSmithKline) (PDF). Both are well-tolerated. Side-effects, which are generally mild, may include soreness at the injection site, headache, and malaise.

Travelers who are less than one year of age, are pregnant, or have less than two weeks before departure should receive a single intramuscular dose of gammaglobulin (see hepatitis A for dosage) instead of vaccine.

Tetanus-diphtheria vaccine is recommended for all travelers who have not received a tetanus-diphtheria immunization within the last 10 years.

Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine: two doses are recommended (if not previously given) for all travelers born after 1956, unless blood tests show immunity. Many adults born after 1956 and before 1970 received only one vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella as children and should be given a second dose before travel. MMR vaccine should not be given to pregnant or severely immunocompromised individuals.

Typhoid vaccine is recommended for those planning an extended stay in rural areas or expecting to consume potentially contaminated food. Typhoid is uncommon in most Caribbean countries. Most travelers do not require typhoid immunization.

Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for travelers who will have intimate contact with local residents or potentially need blood transfusions or injections while abroad, especially if visiting for more than six months. It is also recommended for all health care personnel. Most travelers do not need hepatitis B vaccine.

Yellow fever vaccine is required for all travelers over one year of age arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas, but is not recommended or required otherwise. Yellow fever vaccine (YF-VAX; Aventis Pasteur Inc.) (PDF) must be administered at an approved yellow fever vaccination center, which will give each vaccinee a fully validated International Certificate of Vaccination. The vaccine should not be given to anyone who is younger than nine months old, pregnant, immunocompromised, or allergic to eggs (since the vaccine is produced in chick embryos).

Cholera vaccine is not recommended. Cholera outbreaks are not reported from the Caribbean.

Polio vaccine is not recommended for any adult traveler who completed the recommended childhood immunizations. Polio has been eradicated from the Americas, except for a small outbreak of vaccine-related poliomyelitis in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in late 2000.

Answer 5

You don't actually need them but they recomment it. But i went with my entire family and none of us had any injections and we were all fine.

But i think they recommended Hep B

Answer 6

Probally along with lots of Money.