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Agreed Bear. TwinRix (or the joint Hep A & Hep B series of shots) is also recommended for Canada. And everyone has their tetanus shot, right?

I am traveling to BZE the end of June for three weeks. Here in Vancouver we have something called "The travellers vaccine and medicine clinic." Great place for understanding the health risks associated with the countries you are travelling to. I too had the Hep A & B shots, Typhoid pills,tetanus shot and was given a script for malaria pills and chronic travelers trots. They showed me a map of Belize and the problem areas with higher probabilities of Malaria and Dengue Fever, some of the areas of concern were San Ignacio, Belmopan and Placentia. I am happy to say that the Cayes although maybe not free of mozzies were not on the list of "infectious" mozzies maybe because of the trade winds??. The health center also carried some mozzie spray that had the highest percentage of DEET in it..way higher than you can buy in a drug store...so needless to say I stocked up!!. I want to experience all that BZE has to offer and all three of these towns are stops on my trip, so even if it may seem overly cautious at least I have done what I can to to keep myself healthy and enjoy this trip

They now have a new hep a and b vaccine that is only 2 shots one week apart, just got it done on my 10 day trip to the States, probably not available here yet.