Claire Wong has 20 years of specialist experience in travel health and she's now dispensing advice and vaccinations to Whanganui travellers.
Mrs Wong is a registered nurse with a master's degree in international travel health. She is one of 10 New Zealand practitioners with a certificate in travel health from the International Society of Travel Medicine.
Originally from the United Kingdom, Mrs Wong emigrated to New Zealand in 2013. She now lives in Marton and runs the Worldwise Travellers Health and Vaccination Centre clinic in Whanganui. The Whanganui clinic opened in September as a branch of the Palmerston North clinic which has been operating since 2009.
"A nurse in Palmerston North identified that quite a lot of travellers from Whanganui were coming to our Palmerston North clinic for advice so it was decided to hold a clinic in Whanganui on Wednesday mornings and Friday afternoons," Mrs Wong said.
"We provide all travel health advice and vaccines, including the yellow fever vaccine which can only be given at clinics authorised by the Ministry of Health. We also provide malaria tablets and medical first aid kits as well as travel accessories.