Papua New Guinea vaccinations

[parrotman]

I am traveling on the Peter Hughes Star Dancer in April, 2010. I want to know which vaccinations some of you who've been there might have gotten before you leave. I read the CDC's website and some of the info was along the lines of, "it depends on where you go". I will only be staying at Walindi Resort one night and the Star Dancer liveaboard might take us ashore one day to a villiage to meet the locals. Yellow fever, malaria pills (taken before, during, and after the trip), hepatitis A and B, tetanus, and MMR.

Are any of these unnecessary?

P.S. Peter Hughes diving just discounted their rates and did a bring a buddy week for my charter (4/23-5/3)...who wants to come with?

The decision to take any of these meds is very personal. Here is what I decided to do. I got a script for Malarone for malaria. Once I got to Walindi, never saw a mossie once while there. No bugs. Don't know if it was the time of year or what but not a problem. None on the boat of course. Although I suppose there is a risk of Hep from the food handlers, I think that risk is every where,even here in the US. Once I got on the boat, I stopped taking the malarone because it made me have really wierd dreams.

You will be flying from Australia, (no malaria risk) to PNG. Spending one night at a nice resort ( never saw a bug) getting on the boat (out to sea no problems) coming back to land and flying out. Wear bug repellant and you will be fine......

Just my opinion..

J