need info on vax laws for military families overseas

[caedmyn]

We are military and DH is considering requesting an assignment overseas (mostly likely places would be Germany, Italy, England, Japan, or South Korea). Before he does this, is there anything I should know about vax laws in these countries and whether they would apply to us (I assume we would be living on base)? DD is unvaxed.

[MCsMom]

I don't have anything official to point you too. But you and DD are not in the military and do not have to vax, even when going overseas.

Have fun, we loved the 6 years we were in Germany with the Army.

[caedmyn]

I'm not worried about military laws...I'm just wondering if any of the countries have mandatory vax laws that would affect us if we were there.

I would love to go overseas, but I do worry about being so far away from my parents--my mom really misses us now and we're 12 hours away, so overseas would be bad. Plus I worry about being able to find a midwife overseas--I'd hate to be stuck in S. Korea and only be able to find a native midwife who didn't speak much English!

[CallMeMommy]

Originally Posted by caedmyn

I'm not worried about military laws...I'm just wondering if any of the countries have mandatory vax laws that would affect us if we were there.

I'm not military but have done some digging for a friend, and my understanding is that you are a US citizen and have to follow the US laws on base, not the laws of whatever country you're in.

[chersolly]

You might be able to find the instruction if you search some of the older military/vax threads.

[MCsMom]

If you are interested in knowing what other countries 'recommend' here is a page from the WHO that is kind of interesting.
http://www.who.int/immunization_moni...fileselect.cfm

You need to pick a country and then it gives the stats, their schedule is toward the end.