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Are you planning a trip abroad and need advice on travel health and vaccinations? Then book an appointment via Timeacle. Please follow the link.
Please bring the following documents with you to the appointment:
Are you planning to work abroad or doing a voluntary social year? Do you need an occupational health pre- or post-examination for your employer or your organisation? Then book an appointment via phone: +49 40 285 380 219
Monday | 1.00-3.00pm only with appointment via Timeacle |
Tuesday | 7.00-9.00am only with appointment via Timeacle |
Tuesday | 1.00-6.00pm only with appointment via Timeacle |
Wednesday | closed |
Thursday | 1.00-6.00pm only with appointment via Timeacle |
Friday | 1.00-3.00pm only with appointment via Timeacle |
Attention: Make sure to book a separate appointment for each person.
Unfortunately, there may be waiting times despite making an appointment.
Follow-up vaccinations
Follow-up vaccinations with a waiting number are possible at all subsequent opening hours without making an appointment. You will receive your waiting number directly at the reception of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute. Bring your vaccination certificate and recommended vaccination/appointment sheet to every visit.
Monday | 1.00-3.00pm without appointment |
Tuesday | 7.00-9.00am without appointment |
Tuesday | 1.00-6.00pm without appointment |
Wednesday | closed |
Thursday | 1.00-6.00pm without appointment |
Friday | 1.00-3.00pm without appointment |
Are you traveling at short notice to a country for which you urgently need a required yellow fever vaccination and were unable to book an appointment in time? To make an appointment and for further information, please call the following number from Monday to Friday from 08:00 am to 12:00 pm: +49 40 285 380 219. We can offer you a consultation depending on the availability of appointments.
Our medical travel and vaccination consultations and vaccinations are individual health services (IGeL), which are charged according to the scale of fees for doctors (GÖÄ, i.e. GOÄ).
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Further Information
Travel advice via telephone is not offered. Please use the free information provided under Country Information.
Our travel and vaccination advice and vaccinations are individual health services (IGeL), which are charged according to the scale of fees for doctors (GÖÄ). We recommend that you ask your health insurance company in advance whether the costs for the services provided and vaccinations will be reimbursed. We kindly ask you to pay the invoice amount immediately on site by EC card/credit card or in cash.
The Institute's travel and vaccination consultations are offered by the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) at the Institute's location at Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 74 in Hamburg-St. Pauli. Head of the institute is the tropical medicine specialist Prof. Dr. Michael Ramharter.
Bernhard Nocht Clinic and Bernhard Nocht Outpatient Clinic for Tropical Medicine at the UKE
Status 24/06/2024
Japanese Encephalitis
We do have vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis in stock. We will inform you here if no vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis is available for us. It is only possible to make an appointment for a medical consultation for any necessary vaccination online.
Rabies
We have rabies vaccine in stock. We will inform you here if we do not have rabies vaccine available. Appointments for a medical consultation can only be made online.
Please note the following general information
We do not make appointments by telephone or e-mail, unfortunately not even if you are traveling at short notice. If you would like to receive the vaccination during our consultation hours, please make an appointment online at our travel advice and vaccination consultation hours.
and select the Timeacle button.
Here you will be advised in a personal consultation. Vaccinations recommended by a doctor can then be carried out directly.
Vaccinations without a personal medical consultation in our outpatient clinic are not permitted, even if you have already had a travel consultation with your family doctor. We do not sell vaccine doses for vaccination by your doctor.
Please bring your vaccination card with you.
General information:
The travel medicine consultation is a so-called IGeL (individual health service). We ask you to clarify in advance with your health insurance company whether the costs of the consultation and vaccinations will be covered. Unfortunately, we cannot give you any information on whether or to what extent your health insurance company will cover the costs. Our services are charged according to the scale of fees for doctors and can be paid for on site by EC/credit card or in cash.
Are you traveling at short notice to a country for which you urgently need a required yellow fever vaccination and were unable to book an appointment in time? To make an appointment and for further information, please call the following number from Monday to Friday from 08:00 am to 12:00pm: +49 40 285 380 219. We can offer you a consultation depending on the availability of appointments.
In the case of a short consultation arranged at short notice, there may be a longer waiting time.
Preventive medical check-up and advice (including vaccinations) before/after a voluntary stay.
Are you planning a voluntary stay in the tropics (or another country with special climatic conditions and risks of infection)? Do you need a pre- or post-stay check-up for your organisation? Would you like advice on vaccinations and, if necessary, malaria prophylaxis for such a stay? Then make an appointment: +49 40 285 380 219
Please bring the following documents with you to this appointment:
- travel dates
- Forms from your organisation for the certificate of the examination/consultation
- vaccination certificate
- medication schedule
- identity card
- if available, previous medical reports
Occupational health examinations
Are you planning a professional stay in the tropics or a voluntary social year? Do you need an occupational health pre- or post-medical examination for your employer or organisation? Then make an appointment: +49 40 285 380 219
Don't forget to bring:
The inpatient care for tropical diseases takes place at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Further information can be found here.