Travel Medicine in Berkeley and Oakland, CA
Whether you are traveling with your family or you’re about to welcome a new child into your home from overseas, you must have a team of pediatricians that can make sure that you and your growing family get the proper medical care they need. That’s why the doctors at Kiwi Pediatrics offer adoption and travel medicine to families living in and around Berkeley, CA.
What To Know About Travel Medicine
Certain
infectious diseases such as malaria can cause more serious and
dangerous infections in young children. Therefore, if you and your
family are planning to travel internationally you must talk with your
pediatrician first. Based on where you’re going, we can determine
which immunizations your children and the rest of your family will
require. Our pediatric team will discuss infectious diseases, prevention and travel vaccinations including:
- Malaria
- Typhoid
- Yellow fever
- Japanese B encephalitis
- Meningitis
- Rabies
- Measles and Polio
- Covid-19
Before
you can travel outside the country, it’s important that your child
has already gotten the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the hepatitis A vaccine.
However, if you do plan to travel before these ages, you can talk with our pediatricians about getting these vaccines as early as six months old. If you are traveling to an area of the world with malaria, you’ll also want to talk with us about prescription antimalarial medications for your child or teen.
Adoption Medicine
Welcoming a new child into your family can be an incredibly exciting time, but one that can also bring out some concerns and questions. This is why it’s important to find a pediatrician that understands the international adoption process. Here at Kiwi Pediatrics, we offer pre-adoption and post-adoption evaluations for our families.
After all, we understand the unique health risks that children may have if they have spent considerable time in an orphanage or group home. When it comes to overseas adoption medicine, we can help your family with,
- Medical and laboratory evaluation and testing for your little one
- Referrals to specialists or other doctors if there are health concerns
- Comprehensive primary pediatric care and routine checkups
-
Travel
medicine consultations that include supplies, immunizations, or
necessary medications