Needles

I was hoping it was just a case of turning up at the health centre and having a jab and that was it given my dislike of needles. Not quite the case.

The list of jabs I need to have was more like a shopping list. First of all there was Hepatitis B, then Hepatitis & Typhoid. Next week I have to go back for Diptheria, Tetanus and Polio followed by a booster for Hepatitis B. Luckily I am out of the malaria belt and as long as I don't go near the Limpopo River I will not need the rabies jab. Apparantly 20 people had died from rabies in this area since 2006.

So with sore arms I left the health centre with my little book entitled "Certificate of Jabs" to read up about about what other precautions I should take with regards to Food and Water, Sun and Insects.