Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MEDICAL RESOURCES FOR TRAVELLERS
US AND CANADA
CDC
1 877 394 8747,
cdc.gov/travel
.
Official US government travel health site.
International Society for Travel Medicine
1 770 736 7060,
istm.org
. Has a full list of
travel health clinics.
Canadian Society for International Health
csih.org
. Extensive list of travel health
centres.
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
Travellers' Medical and Vaccination Centre
1300 658 844,
tmvc.com.au
.
Lists travel
clinics in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
UK AND IRELAND
British Airways Travel Clinics
0845 600 2236,
ww.britishairways.com/travel/health-
clinintro/public/en_gb
for nearest clinic.
Hospital for Tropical Diseases Travel Clinic
0845 155 5000 or 020 7387 4411,
MASTA (Medical Advisory Service for Travellers Abroad)
masta.org
or 0870 606
2782 for the nearest clinic.
Travel Medicine Services
028 9031 5220.
Tropical Medical Bureau
Republic of Ireland 1850 487 674,
tmb.ie
.
THE MEDIA
Fiji's media has often been suppressed under military rule, and tends towards the bland
and parochial. When conventional media has been censored, the Internet has proven
invaluable in distributing the views of Fijians, notably through blogs often written by
critical emigrants living outside of Fiji.
Newspapers and magazines
Of the English-language daily
newspapers
, the
Fiji Times
(
fijitimes.com
)
, owned by Ru-
pert Murdoch's News Corporation, is the most dominant, with the broadest international cov-
erage. Its closest rival is the locally owned
Fiji Sun
(
fijisun.com.fj
)
, a slightly more tabloid-
style publication.
Radio
The part-government-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (
fbc.com.fj
) operates six
radio
stations
, two each in Fijian, Fiji-Hindi and English; of these, one focuses on news and com-
