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• Routine Vaccinations* • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age • Routine Vaccinations* • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age • Routine Vaccinations* • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age • Tetanus • Yellow Fever: immunizations available for persons >9 months of age • Malaria: There is risk of Malaria in and out of the city. Volunteers to Iquitos need to obtain a prescription for malaria pills from either the health department or their local doctor. Malaria medications need to be started at least 1 week before travel. The medications atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline and mefloquine are all effective for use in South America. Note: Chloroquine is NOT an effective antimalarial drug in Peru. • Routine Vaccinations* • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age • Routine Vaccinations* • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age • Tetanus • Yellow Fever: immunizations available for persons >9 months of age • Malaria: There is risk of Malaria in and out of the city. Volunteers to Pucallpa need to obtain a prescription for malaria pills from either the health department or their local doctor. Malaria medications need to be started at least 1 week before travel. The medications atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline and mefloquine are all effective for use in South America. Note: Chloroquine is NOT an effective antimalarial drug in Peru. • Routine Vaccinations* • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age • Tetanus • Yellow Fever: immunizations available for persons >9 months of age • Malaria: There is risk of malaria in and out of the city. Volunteers to Puerto Maldonado need to obtain a prescription for malaria pills from either the health department or their local doctor. Malaria medications need to be started at least 1 week before travel. The medications atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline and mefloquine are all effective for use in South America. Note: Chloroquine is NOT an effective antimalarial drug in Peru • Routine Vaccinations • Hepatitis A & B • Typhoid: oral immunizations available for persons ≥6 years of age or injection available for persons ≥2 years of age The information above was taken from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. You may find this information and more important health related travel information for Peru at the following website: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/peru.aspx *Routine vaccines, as they are often called, such as for influenza, chickenpox (or varicella), polio, measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), and diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) are given at all stages of life; see the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and routine adult immunization schedule. Please email the nursing staff for specific questions- Michelle Hunt: mhunt@extremenazarene.org

Source: http://www.extremenazarene.org/media/vaccines11.pdf