Travel Health Guide
Mexico
With one of the world’s most beloved food cultures and some of the most vibrant cities and villages in the Americas, Mexico is an essential addition to any travel-lovers checklist. Whether you want to peruse countless first-rate art galleries in Mexico City, explore mind-blowing archeological sites or just lay back on one of the countless palm-fringed beaches, few countries are as holiday-friendly.
Travel Health Guide
Mexico
With one of the world’s most beloved food cultures and some of the most vibrant cities and villages in the Americas, Mexico is an essential addition to any travel-lovers checklist. Whether you want to peruse countless first-rate art galleries in Mexico City, explore mind-blowing archeological sites or just lay back on one of the countless palm-fringed beaches, few countries are as holiday-friendly.
Mexico Travel Checklist
At Runway, we're looking to empower the traveler with information, resources and access to prescription travel medication. Runway Health Guides are compiled from government sources, local authorities and vetted by a team of licensed travel physicians. From vaccine requirements to medication recommendations, here’s everything you need to know.
Vaccine Entry Requirements For Mexico
COVID-19
Requirements for COVID-19 vaccinations change regularly. For the latest travel requirements, please refer to this interactive map developed by our friends at Sherpa.
Most travelers get these
when traveling from the US to Mexico
Vaccines
Covid 19
Childhood Vaccinations
- Chickenpox
- Diphtheria – Tetanus – Pertussis
- Flu (Influenza)
- Measles – Mumps – Rubella (MMR)
- Polio
- Shingles
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
Medications
Traveler’s Diarrhea Antibiotics
to alleviate an intestinal infection resulting from eating or drinking contaminated food or water. It is the most common travel-related illness and can occur anywhere, but the highest-risk destinations are in Asia, Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Middle East.
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Some travelers get these
when traveling from the US to Mexico
Vaccines
Typhoid
if you are visiting rural or remote areas or enjoying an extended stay in the country.
Rabies
may be considered if planning activities that involve direct contact with animals or wildlife – ie. wild camping, cave exploring, or fieldwork in rural areas. As a rule, we recommend avoiding interaction with animals – even domestic pets may carry diseases.
Medications
Altitude Sickness Medication
is typically not needed, but Mexico is a mountainous country and it may be considered if visiting the traditional highlights, between 5,000-7,000 ft. including Mexico City, Guadalajara, and the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. Consider traveling with medication for altitude sickness as symptoms set in within the first 6-24 hours.
Malaria Medication
if traveling to high transmission areas, such as Chiapas and Chihuahua. Minimal malaria transmission elsewhere in Mexico, but present in popular areas of Campeche, Durango, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tabasco. Plan ahead- you may have to start taking medication for several days before and after you travel to ensure that it is effective.
Travel Checklist
At Runway, we're looking to empower the traveler with information, resources and access to prescription travel medication. Runway Health Guides are compiled from government sources, local authorities and vetted by a team of licensed travel physicians. From vaccine requirements to medication recommendations, here’s everything you need to know.
COVID-19
Requirements for COVID-19 vaccinations change regularly. For the latest travel requirements, please refer to this interactive map developed by our friends at Sherpa.
when traveling from the US to Mexico
Vaccines
Covid 19
Childhood Vaccinations
- Chickenpox
- Diphtheria – Tetanus – Pertussis
- Flu (Influenza)
- Measles – Mumps – Rubella (MMR)
- Polio
- Shingles
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
Medications
Traveler’s Diarrhea Antibiotics
to alleviate an intestinal infection resulting from eating or drinking contaminated food or water. It is the most common travel-related illness and can occur anywhere, but the highest-risk destinations are in Asia, Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Middle East.
when traveling from the US to Mexico
Vaccines
Typhoid
if you are visiting rural or remote areas or enjoying an extended stay in the country.
Rabies
may be considered if planning activities that involve direct contact with animals or wildlife – ie. wild camping, cave exploring, or fieldwork in rural areas. As a rule, we recommend avoiding interaction with animals – even domestic pets may carry diseases.
Medications
Altitude Sickness Medication
is typically not needed, but Mexico is a mountainous country and it may be considered if visiting the traditional highlights, between 5,000-7,000 ft. including Mexico City, Guadalajara, and the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. Consider traveling with medication for altitude sickness as symptoms set in within the first 6-24 hours.
Malaria Medication
if traveling to high transmission areas, such as Chiapas and Chihuahua. Minimal malaria transmission elsewhere in Mexico, but present in popular areas of Campeche, Durango, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Tabasco. Plan ahead- you may have to start taking medication for several days before and after you travel to ensure that it is effective.
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Atovaquone: Proguanil (Malarone)
$129
Let the anticipation give you chills, not a fever.
Malaria Prevention
Azithromycin
$29
Battle upset-stomach causing bacteria and feel ready for the day in no time.
Traveler’s Diarrhea
Acetazolamide (Diamox)
$79
Tackle high elevations, adjust to altitude and recover from hypoxia so you can keep on climbing.
Altitude Sickness
Scopolamine Patch
$79
A Scopolamine patch will keep you moving forward, without motion sickness leaving you green in the face.
Motion Sickness
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Treatments
Malaria Prevention
Traveler’s Diarrhea
Altitude Sickness
Motion Sickness
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