Especially in today’s age of international travel, it is advantageous to be able to give appropriate vaccination advice as also advice on the necessary first-aid kit. The increasing migration and the diseases that may be imported ,represent a medical challenge here, both in terms of correct diagnosis and treatment, because what one does not know cannot be recognized. Dra. Reinke obtained her diploma in tropical medicine at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg.