We're here for you - before and after your trip
Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine
Are you planning an exciting adventure abroad? Are you travelling with children, are you pregnant or on regular medication? Or would you just like to check your vaccination status? At the Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine, we offer expert care and advice - before and after your trip. Our dedicated medical team provides individual advice, the recommended vaccinations and important health precautions for any type of travel. We are committed to comprehensive travel health and see around 16,000 travellers each year. We specialise in travel-related and tropical diseases and are here to help you if you develop any symptoms of illness after your trip.
Pre-Travel Advice
During our travel medicine consultations, we discuss the most important precautions with you, such as malaria prophylaxis and mosquito repellent, as well as any recommended or required vaccinations for your trip. All vaccinations can be administered directly by us.
Sick After Travel
We are here to help after your trip, should you return with any symptoms of illness, whether it is fever, prolonged diarrhoea or skin problems. We can diagnose even very rare diseases quickly and competently through our reference centre for human parasitic diseases, and start effective treatment immediately.
General Vaccination Advice
We are your partner for vaccinations. In addition to all the vaccinations required for travelling, we also administer all routine vaccinations after a consultation and review of your vaccination status.
For Medical Staff
We provide expert advice to medical specialists, for example on differential diagnosis, diagnostic procedures and treatment of tropical and parasitic diseases, or on ordering anti-parasitic drugs. Together with the Diagnostic Centre of Swiss TPH, we serve as the National Reference Centre for Human Parasitic Diseases.
Dengue Vaccination Available Now
The new dengue vaccine (Qdenga) is now available. The vaccine is only recommended for people who have had a documented case of dengue fever and are planning to travel to dengue-endemic areas. If you are interested in being vaccinated, please make an appointment for a consultation.
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Unwanted Travel Souvenirs
Not everything you bring back from your travels is good: if you develop a fever, rash or persistent diarrhoea after travelling, you should see a doctor immediately.
Our team of medical professionals is here to help you.
TURMHAUS-TALKS 2024
Die Vortragsreihe für gesundes Leben und Reisen
Mittwoch, 11. September: Tropische Viren bald auch bei uns? (PD Dr. med. Andreas Neumayr)
Mittwoch, 16. Oktober: Gesund sein und gesund bleiben in den Tropen (Prof. Dr. Marcel Tanner)
Mittwoch, 13. November: Medikamentenforschung für vernachlässigte Wurm-Erkrankungen (Prof. Dr. Jennifer Keiser)
COVID-19 Vaccination
The updated COVID vaccine from Pfizer (Comirnaty) is now available and the vaccine from Moderna (Spikevax) will follow shortly. Vaccination is recommended for people aged > 65 years and those with risk factors.
Appointments can be booked here
Pneumococcal Vaccine
The new pneumococcal vaccine (Prevenar 20) is recommended for people aged 65 and over and is covered by the compulsory health insurance.
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccination
Vaccination against herpes zoster with the adjuvanted subunit vaccine (Shingrix®) has been recommended in Switzerland since 2022. This applies to healthy people from the age of 65 and to patients with immunodeficiency from the age of 50 or with severe immunodeficiency from the age of 18. Two doses at least two months apart are required.
How to Find Us
As of 3 January 2024, the Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine is located in the ”Turmhaus” at Aeschenplatz 2 in the centre of Basel, just a few minutes’ walk from the SBB train station. You can easily reach Aeschenplatz by tram or bus. Parking spaces are available in the nearby public car parks. Bicycle stands are located next to the building.
Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine
Aeschenplatz 2
4052 Basel
Do You Have Any Questions?
Give us a call or book your appointment conveniently online.
+41 61 284 82 55 (Monday–Friday, 08:00–12:00 and 13:30–16:30)
Travel Medical Advice Hotline
No time to come and see us? You can call our Travel Medical Advice Service on 0900 57 51 31 (Monday–Friday, 09:00–11:00, CHF 2.69/min, Swiss landline). Please note that there is a charge for this service.
What Our Clients Say About Us
Telebasel at the Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine
For their programme diagnose: sommerspezial, Telebasel visited the Centre for Tropical and Travel Medicine and spoke to co-head Dr Esther Künzli about what travellers should be aware of, what should be in a first-aid kit and what to do if symptoms occur on return.