Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Scissors, safety pins, tweezers
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Sterile needles, syringes and fluids if travelling to remote areas
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Steroid cream or hydrocortisone cream (for allergic rashes)
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Sun block
If you are travelling through a malarial area - particularly an area where falciparum malaria predominates - consider
taking a self- diagnostic kit that can identify malaria in the blood from a finger prick.
Websites
There is a wealth of travel-health advice available online. For further information, the
Lonely Planet website
(
www.lonelyplanet.com
) is a good place to start. The WHO publishes a superb book called
International Travel and
Health,
which is revised annually and is available online at no cost. Other websites of general interest in this area are
MD Travel Health
(
www.mdtravelhealth.com
) , which provides complete travel-health recommendations for every
country, is updated daily and is also available at no cost; the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(
www.cdc.gov/travel
) ; and
Fit for Travel
(
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
) , which has up-to-date information about out-
breaks and is very user-friendly.
It's also a good idea to consult your government's travel-health website before departure, if one is available:
Australia
(
www.smartraveller.gov.au/tips/health.html
)
Canada
(
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php
)
UK
(
www.nhs.uk
)
USA
(
www.cdc.gov/travel
)
Further Reading
»
A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine
(1998) by Eric A Weiss
»
Healthy Travel
(1999) by Jane Wilson-Howarth
»
Healthy Travel Africa
(2000) by Isabelle Young
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How to Stay Healthy Abroad
(2002) by Richard Dawood
»
Travel in Health
(1994) by Graham Fry
»
Travel with Children
(2009) by Brigitte Barta
