Medical Information
Medical Insurance
Please note that you are required to have medical insurance for the duration of your stay. In case you have no insurance coverage in your home country, you must take part in IIASA's private medical scheme. More information is provided upon acceptance to the program.
Medical Services
Click here for local medical facilities in and around Laxenburg.
Tick Vaccinations
Certain wooded areas in Austria, including the park behind the Institute and the Vienna Woods around Laxenburg and the city, are the habitat of the tick. Some of these ticks are infected and their bite can cause early-summer meningitis (ESME). Vaccine is available and IIASA has arranged for all participants and their families to receive the first shot during the first week of the program. The second shot will be administered a couple of weeks later (Costs: EUR 14 each). You may want to check with your general physician or local health authority if they can administer the first shot before leaving for Austria. You should inquire about the "ESME" vaccination.
For detailed tick information click here.