Family holidays
December, Easter and summer trips with the kids.
Travel health
Going home? Go prepared.
A short video visit with a US clinician before you fly to Ghana or Nigeria. Malaria prevention for the whole family, practical advice, and a reminder about your yellow fever certificate.
- Video visit
- Kids included
- Prescriptions sent to your pharmacy
Book a few weeks before you travel.
Monica travel visit
EWRACC
Family of 4 · December
- Malaria prevention prescribed
- Travel kit list
- Yellow fever certificate
Monica care team · just now
Since you've lived away for years, you and the kids need malaria prevention for this trip. I've sent the prescriptions to your pharmacy.
Worth knowing
Grew up there? You still need protection.
Many people who grew up in Ghana assume they're protected from malaria. But that protection fades after years living abroad, and children raised outside Ghana never had it. Visiting family is one of the most common ways travelers get malaria, because it feels like going home, not traveling.
What people think
- I grew up there, I'm fine
- The kids will be fine with me
- It's only two weeks
What's true
- Protection fades after years away
- Children raised abroad have none
- One bite is enough
Trip timeline
Your trip, step by step.
4 to 6 weeks before
Book your Monica travel visit. We review your health, your kids' health and your trip.
At least 10 days before
Get your yellow fever vaccine and certificate at a certified clinic, if you don't already have one. Ghana and Nigeria both require it.
Before you fly
Start your malaria prevention exactly as your clinician tells you. Pack your travel kit.
While you're there
Keep taking it every day. Sleep under a net where you can. Use repellent.
After you're back
Finish the course as prescribed. If you get a fever in the weeks after, see a doctor right away and say where you traveled.
Who it's for
Every kind of trip home.
Short-notice trips
Funerals and family emergencies. We'll see you as soon as we can.
First trips for kids
Doses worked out by a clinician for each child.
Pregnant or planning?
Talk to us and your OB first. Malaria in pregnancy is serious, and we'll help you plan safely or advise you to see a specialist.
What the visit covers
One visit, before you pack.
Malaria prevention
A prescription for the right preventive medicine for your trip.
Travel stomach advice
What to do if your stomach turns, and what to carry just in case.
What to pack
A short, practical list for your health while you’re away.
Your other medicines
We check your prescriptions work with your malaria prevention.
Book
Book travel health.
Pricing shared at launch.
Booking opens soon
We’re getting ready to welcome our first families. Join the waitlist and we’ll let you know the day we open.
Join the waitlistThe yellow fever vaccine must be given in person at a certified clinic. We'll tell you where to go.
Questions