Frequently Asked Questions

About the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk About the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk

Are you going to the (sub)tropics for a short or long time, for work or vacation? Everyone is welcome at the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk for advice, vaccinations, health certificates and/or a prescription for malaria, altitude sickness and/or antibiotics (on indication).

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About the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk About the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk

The Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk has a special consultation hour for people with a chronic condition and/or tropical illness ('special travellers' consultation hour).

Use our list of questions to find out whether you are a special traveller.

Radboudumc has more than 50 years of experience in tropical medicine and is one of the expertise centres in the Netherlands in this field. In addition to caring for patients with tropical diseases, scientific research is carried out regarding diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis. The internist-infectiologists and other specialists involved in the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk all have extensive work experience in the tropics. There are also extensive laboratory facilities for diagnostics into tropical diseases. Caring for people with an immune disorder is another area of expertise of the department of internal medicine. Therefore, travellers with an immune disorder are a special focus group of the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk.

How do we differ?

The Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk is a university medical centre with a focus on travel and tropical medicine as well. Travel advice is provided under the responsibility of academic medical specialists and specialized nurses. We focus on everyone who travels, and our concern does not end with departure. People with complaints as a result of a trip can come to us for academic medical care.

Make an appointment or a referral

You can make an appointment via email or by phone,

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Make an appointment or a referral

Make an appointment

Everyone is welcome at the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk. 'Healthy travellers' can make an appointment via email or by phone. You will receive a confirmation by e-mail with a link to the intake form. Please complete this at least one day before the appointment. On Mondays, we have consultation hours until 7 pm; no extra costs are charged for this.

If you are taking medication or have specific health problems, please use our list of questions to determine whether you are a 'special traveller'. If this is the case or if you are in doubt, please get in touch with us first before making an appointment. Telephone number: (024) 365 56 15 (between 8.30 am and 5 pm)., email: vaccinatiepoli@radboudumc.nl

Consultation hours for special travellers

There is a separate consultation hour for 'special travellers' at the outpatient clinic for General Internal Medicine of the Radboudumc. During this consultation, you will receive advice from a specialized doctor and/or nurse during a 45-60 minute consultation.

Your treating specialist or general practitioner can refer you to this consultation. Preferably make an appointment as early as possible (preferably three months) before your trip. Some vaccinations do not work immediately, or their effectivess must be checked. If you are not sure whether it is better to avoid certain countries (for example, countries where yellow fever occurs), it is best to make an appointment before booking your trip. If you already have a yellow vaccination booklet, please bring it with you to the appointment. A visit to the consultation hour for special travelers is reimbursed by your health insurer. Whether the vaccinations and malaria tablets are also reimbursed depends on your health insurance policy.

Referral procedure

Refer your patient to the Radboud Travel and Vaccination Desk by sending an e-mail to vaccinatiepoli@radboudumc.nl. If you refer internally (within Radboudumc), the referral can also be sent via Epic, addressed to the AIG department.

Travel vaccinations

Travel advice

Special travellers

Visiting address

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Visiting address

General visiting address

Radboudumc, route 678, room 144.
Main entrance, building A, level 1.

Registration is not necessary. You can take a seat in the small waiting area behind the glass.

Geert Grooteplein 10
6525 GA Nijmegen
vaccinatiepoli@radboudumc.nl
024-3655615

Visiting address 'special travellers'

Radboudumc, route 678, room 144.
Main entrance, building A, level 1.

Geert Grooteplein 10
6525 GA Nijmegen
vaccinatiepoli@radboudumc.nl
024-3655615

Your treating specialist or general practitioner can refer you to this consultation. You can also make an appointment yourself with a referral.

Directions
You can park your car 24 hours a day in the parking garage at the main entrance. Take a ticket at the entry to the garage. There are five payment machines in the parking garage. You can pay in cash or by debit card.
Various buses depart from Nijmegen Central Station that stop at Radboudumc. The specific 'Heyendaalshuttle' departs every four minutes during peak hours. Get off at the stop: Radboudumc.