Medical Services & Travel Clinic
Hato International Airport, Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean
Tel: (+5999) 888 7511
E-mail: info@portomedico.com
Porto Medico is located at the Curaçao International Airport, between Curoil and Catering KLM building.
Vaccinations
Depending on where you are going, you should contact Porto Medico preferably 4-6 weeks before departure. Most vaccines need to be given a month or more before departure. Some vaccines need follow-up doses called boosters to provide long term protection.
Porto Medico is a designated “Yellow Fever Vaccination Center”.
Commonly administred Travel Vaccinations:Travel vaccinations and immunity information at a glance
| Disease | No of Doses (Jabs) |
Interval Between 1st & 2nd Dose |
Interval Between 2nd and 3rd Dose |
Onset of Protection | Duration of Protection |
| Yellow Fever | 1 | --- | --- | After 10 to 14 days | Lifetime |
| DTP = Diphtheria*/ Tetanus*/ Polio* |
1 | --- | --- | Immediate | 10 years |
| Hepatitis A | 2 | 3 to 6 months | --- | After 10 to 14 days | > 10 years |
| Hepatitis B | 3 | 28 days | 5 months | 2 days after last dose | > 10 years |
| Hepatitis AB | 3 | 28 days | 5 months | --- | > 10 years |
| Hepatitis AB | 4 | 0, 7, 21 days | 12 months | --- | > 10 years |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | --- | --- | After 10 to 14 days | 3 years |
| Meningitis | 1 | --- | --- | After 14 to 21 days | 3 to 5 years |
| Rabies | 3 | 7 days | 21 days | 2 days after last dose | 2 years |
| Japanese B Encephalitis | 2 | 28 days | --- | 7 days after last dose | unknown |
| Tick Borne Encephalitis | 3 | 7 days | 21 days | 2 days after last dose | 2 years |
| Cholera | 2 | 7 to 28 days | --- | 7 days after last dose | 3 months |