India is the destination we advise on most at Lyng Pharmacy, and the majority of those trips are family visits to Punjab — Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana — rather than tourist itineraries. That distinction matters. Staying with relatives usually means home-cooked food, local water, longer stays and time in villages, all of which raise the risk of the things vaccines actually prevent.
Hepatitis A (£65, child £55) — food and water borne. Advised for essentially every traveller to India.
Typhoid (£35) — the subcontinent has the highest typhoid risk of any region UK travellers commonly visit. Roughly three years of protection.
Tetanus, diphtheria and polio (£35) — worth checking if your last booster was over ten years ago.
Rabies (£60 per dose, three doses) — India accounts for a substantial share of the world's rabies deaths. Street dogs and monkeys are everywhere, including at tourist sites and temples. Strongly worth considering for children, longer stays, rural areas and anyone cycling or motorcycling.
Hepatitis B (£55 per dose, child £40) — sensible for stays over a month, repeat visitors, and anyone who might need medical or dental care.
Japanese encephalitis (£95 per dose) — relevant mainly to prolonged rural stays in risk areas during the transmission season, not to a standard trip.
Malaria tablets (from £30) — risk varies hugely by region and season. Much of Punjab is low risk; parts of the north-east, Odisha and rural central India are not. Delhi and Mumbai carry limited risk. Your route and travel dates decide this, which is why we ask for both.
Paediatric doses are available for hepatitis A (£55) and hepatitis B (£40), and paediatric malaria tablets start at £30. Rabies is a particular consideration for children, who are more likely to play with animals and less likely to mention a scratch. Bring their vaccination record.
Bottled or properly treated water, no ice from unknown sources, hot freshly cooked food, fruit you peel yourself. Take oral rehydration sachets with you — travellers' diarrhoea is far more likely than anything you are vaccinated against, and treating it early keeps it from ruining a week.
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