Check the nearest state health clinic for current recommendations for immunizations, necessary medications, and healthy travel tips. If your state health clinic does not give immunizations for travelers, ask to be referred to a clinic that specializes in travel health.

To find general travel health information and details on current disease outbreaks around the world, see:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/travel/.
• World Health Organization (WHO) Web site at http://www.who.int/en/.

If you are booked on a cruise, check out your ship's sanitation inspection scores on the CDC Web site at http://www2.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/vspmain.asp.

Find out where the best medical care can be found in the region you are visiting. The U.S. Department of State Web site—http://www.state.gov/travel/—lists every U.S. embassy worldwide and lists some doctors and medical facilities abroad.