Vaccinations:

Meningococcal Recommended for all travelers. Required during the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca).
Polio Required for travelers under age 15 arriving from countries where polio still occurs. One-time booster recommended for any adult traveler who completed the childhood series but never had polio vaccine as an adult.
Hepatitis A Recommended for all travelers
Influenza Recommended for all travelers during the Hajj season
Typhoid For travelers who may eat or drink outside major restaurants and hotels
Yellow fever Required for all travelers arriving from a yellow-fever-infected area in Africa or the Americas. Not recommended otherwise.
Hepatitis B Recommended for all travelers
Rabies For travelers at high risk for animal bites or involved in any activities that might bring them into direct contact with bats
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) Two doses recommended for all travelers born after 1956, if not previously given
Tetanus-diphtheria Revaccination recommended every 10 years

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