Dr Deb The Travel Doctor

20/02/2025

Did you know that at Dr Deb The Travel Doctor, our focus isn't just on seeing our wonderful patients?

We also work behind the scenes to conduct research! One of our recent notable trials was on the use of Intradermal vaccination technique with the Japanese Encephalitis vaccine 'Imojev' that we named the "JEVID' trial which stands for "Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination via IntraDermal route" and was conducted in association with the University of Queensland and Australian National University.

If you'd like to take a look at it - here is the paper
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/30/2/taac122/6779982?login=false

22/02/2023

Hello everyone,

We just wanted to let you know that we’re having some issues with our phones this morning. We’re in the process of getting this rectified with our provider and hopefully things will be up and running in the next 30 minutes. If you have an urgent matter, you can send us an email at clinic@thetraveldoctor.com.au and we’ll attend to your enquiry asap.

Apologies for the inconvenience
Regards
Dr Deb

23/09/2021

Finally…We now have Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in our clinic and are running regular sessions. Ring or go online to make appointment. Ages 12 & over are now eligible in QLD.

27/06/2021

We are excited to share a new publication from our research group. Travel Seems a long way off but it will eventually return.

Annually more than 100,000 Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases and 25,000 deaths worldwide are caused by JE virus infection. More than 15 JE vaccines are…

19/05/2021

News from Dr Deb's -

Things are quiet but still we are seeing travellers - mostly for work trips : Fly in Fly out (FIFO) workers are doing 3 months swings, patients going to help PNG with their vaccine rollout or medical care, but mostly travellers are going to ‘fix things’ - problems, machinery and software.

23/04/2021

Our recent rabies vaccine research in . Thanks to all our participants.

One-dose intramuscular rabies vaccine is effective in priming the immune system and can rapidly be boosted in the event of rabies-prone exposure. In last-minute

11/04/2021

We are seeking volunteers to get a registered vaccine - Japanese Encephalitis but given intradermally. We want make this vaccine cheaper for future travellers. Help science, get free vaccine - more info here https://www.thetraveldoctor.com.au/jevid/ Thanks!

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a dangerous disease in Asia Travellers sometimes need JE vaccination if they are going to visit a JE risk area. The most commonly used Japanese Encephalitis vaccine is very effective and lasts for life but costs $200- $300. As the disease is rare, many travellers do not...

12/03/2021

A year has gone by since the COVID Pandemic halted international travel, but vaccines are on the way.
Share if you feel like this - I know i do.

29/01/2021

YAY! Good preliminary news about Novavax - Aus has 51 million doses on order

The Novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against the UK variant of the virus.

29/01/2021

Another negative effect of the pandemic https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/one-in-three-australians-have-gained-weight-during?

Australia also led the world in terms of increased alcohol consumption, according to the results from a new Ipsos survey.

21/01/2021

Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccine National Rollout will give vaccines first to
 frontline at-risk healthcare workers
 quarantine and border workers
 residential aged and disability care residents and workers.
Learn more at https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/australias-epidemiology-and-covid-19- vaccine-roadmap

We have publications on different health topics for you to access. Filter by topic, publication type, audience, condition and disease.

15/01/2021

Travellers will get back in the skies when they can get that

The airline claims widespread support for its plan to make vaccination compulsory in order to travel overseas.