Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
» Oral rehydration salts
» Iodine tablets (for water purification)
» Syringes and sterile needles
» Sterile needles, syringes and fluids if travelling to remote areas
» Self-diagnostic kit that can identify malaria in the blood from a finger prick, and emer-
gency treatment
Internet Resources
General information:
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com
)
MD Travel Health
(
www.mdtravelhealth.com
)
Fit for Travel
(
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk
)
International Travel and Health
(
www.who.int/ith
)
A free, online publication of the
World Health Organisation.
Government travel-health websites:
Australia
(
www.smartraveller.gov.au
)
Canada
(
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/index.html
)
UK
(
www.nhs.uk/nhsen
gland/Healthcareabroad/pages/Healthcareabroad.aspx)
USA
(
www.cdc.gov/travel
)
Further Reading
»
A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine
by Eric A Weiss (1998)
»
Healthy Travel
by Jane Wilson-Howarth (1999)
»
Healthy Travel Africa
by Isabelle Young (2000)
»
How to Stay Healthy Abroad
by Richard Dawood (2002)
»
Travel with Children
by Cathy Lanigan (2004)
