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100 pagesGeneral Travel Health Advice
- Accident Prevention Accident prevention, Road traffic accidents, Wounds and injuries, Mugging, Swimming, Drowning, Sunburn, Diving, Winter sports, Protective clothing
- Air Travel Air transport, Aircraft, Deep vein thrombosis, Aggressive behaviour, Altitude sickness
- Altitude and Travel Altitude sickness, Mountains, Oedema
- Animal Bites Rabies, Animal diseases, Bites and stings, Dogs, Cats, Immunisation, Post-exposure prophylaxis
- Before You Travel Health risk assessment, Travel vaccines, Medical advice, Telephone consultations
- Blood Donation and Travel Malaria, Blood donors, Blood, Blood transfusion
- Breastfeeding and Bottle Feeding Infant feeding practices, Breast feeding, Bottle feeding, Travel, Hygiene
- Child Travellers Children, Malaria, Diarrhoea, Immunisation, Rabies, Sunburn, Hygiene
- Contraception Contraception, Sexual health, Oral contraceptives, Contraceptive diaphragms, Condoms, Injectable contraceptives
- Counterfeit Medicines Counterfeit drugs
- Cruises Cruise ships, Cruises, Accidents, Sunburn, Immunisation, Malaria, Diet
- Culture Shock Culture shock, Mental health
- Deep Vein Thrombosis Deep vein thrombosis
- Diabetes Diabetes, Insulin, Blood glucose
- Diabetes Monitoring Insulin, Blood glucose, Diabetes, Travel, Monitoring
- Expeditions and Volunteering Volunteers, Remote areas, Food contamination, Drinking water, First aid, Culture shock, Immunisation, Malaria
- Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation
- Female Travellers Women, Menstruation, Feminine hygiene, Sanitary towels, Tampons, Personal safety
- First Aid First aid
- Food and Water Precautions Food hygiene, Food contamination, Drinking water, Water quality, Water treatment
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office safety information Safety
- Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimage Umrah pilgrimage, Hajj pilgrimage, Pilgrimages, Meningococcal infections, Immunisation, Mecca
- Hand Hygiene Hand washing, Personal hygiene, Hygiene, Infection control, Washing of persons
- Heat and Humidity Thermal effects on humans, Sunlight hazards, Humidity, Weather hazards, Heatstroke
- HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Information for Travellers Post-exposure prophylaxis, HIV-1, HIV-2, Needlestick injuries, Bloodborne diseases, Human immunodeficiency viruses
- HIV Travellers Human immunodeficiency viruses, HIV-1, HIV-2
- Humanitarian Workers Relief workers, Disaster relief, Humanitarian law
- Immunocompromised Travellers Immune deficiency, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Immunosuppressive agents, Transplantation surgery
- Insect Bite Avoidance Insect bites and stings, Fleas, Mosquitoes, Tsetse flies, Ticks, Reduviid Bugs, Blackflies, Vectors, Sandflies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Travellers Lesbians, Homosexuals, Transgender people, Sexual orientation discrimination, Sex reversal, Travel, Bisexuals
- Longer Stay Travellers and Expatriates Emigration
- Mental Health and Travel Mental health, Travel, Tourism, Anxiety, Stress, Depression
- Mosquito Bite Avoidance Mosquitoes, Malaria, Clothing, Insecticides, Bed coverings
- Multiple Sclerosis and Travel Multiple sclerosis
- Package Tourists Package tourists, Alcohol, Sunburn, Accidents, Diarrhoea, Sexual health, Culture shock, Immunisation, Malaria
- Personal Safety Assault, Mugging, Rape, Theft
- Pregnant Travellers Pregnant women, Newborn, Pregnancy, Birth delivery
- Sexual Health Risks Sexual health, Travel, Risk factors, Harm reduction, HIV-1, HIV-2, HIV tests
- Snake Bites Snake bites
- Sun Safety Sunburn, Sunlight hazards, Sunlight effects on humans, Sunscreens, Skin cancer, Skin
- Travel and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammation, Bowels, Inflammatory response, Stoma care, Colitis, Crohns disease
- Travel Insurance Emergency treatment, Travel insurance
- Travelling Abroad for Medical Treatment Medical after care, Medical treatment, Surgical procedures, Cosmetic surgery, Plastic surgery, Medical Tourism
- Travelling with Medicines Drugs, Import controls, United Arab Emirates, Prescription drugs
- UK Vaccination Schedule Immunisation, Children, Adults, MMR vaccine, BCG vaccines, DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccine, MenC vaccine, PCV vaccine, HPV vaccine, Td/IPV vaccine
- Visiting Friends and Relatives Accidents, Insect bites and stings, Bites and stings, Diarrhoea, Human fatigue, Jet lag, Culture shock, Immunisation, Malaria
- Water Purification Drinking water, Water quality, Boiling, Iodine, Silver, Chlorine
Disease Prevention Advice
- African Tick Bite Fever Ticks, Fever, Bites and stings
- Amoebiasis Amoebiasis, Amoebiasis intestinal, Diarrhoea, Food hygiene
- Avian Influenza Avian influenza, Animal diseases, Birds, Poultry
- Blood Borne Virus Infections (including HIV) Sexually transmitted infections, Bloodborne diseases, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia infections, Syphilis, Hepatitis B, Blood transfusion, HIV-1, HIV tests, HIV-2
- Campylobacter Campylobacter, Campylobacter infections, Diarrhoea
- Chikungunya Fever Mosquitoes, Insect bites and stings, Chikungunya virus
- Cholera Diarrhoea, Cholera, Vibrio cholerae, Water quality, Drinking water, Faeces, Sanitation, Antibiotics, Personal hygiene
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Coronavirus, Respiratory tract infections, Human coronavirus
- Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Ticks, Zoonoses, Bloodborne diseases, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Cyclospora Infection Diarrhoea, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Parasites, Parasitic diseases, Food hygiene, Water purification
- Dengue Fever Mosquitoes, Insect bites and stings, Dengue fever, Dengue virus
- Diphtheria Diphtheria, Communicable diseases, Respiratory tract diseases
- Flu (Influenza) Influenza, Communicable diseases, Virus diseases, Respiratory tract infections, Flu
- Giardia Giardia lamblia, Giardiasis, Protozoan infections
- Hepatitis A Hepatitis A, Hepatitis A virus, Food contamination, Drinking water, Water quality, Liver
- Hepatitis B Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B virus, Bloodborne diseases, Liver, Sexually transmitted infections
- Hepatitis E Hepatitis
- Intestinal Worms Hookworm infections, Nematodes, Trichuris, Strongyloides, Cestodes
- Japanese Encephalitis Japanese encephalitis virus, Japanese encephalitis, Mosquitoes, Insect bites and stings
- Legionnaires’ Disease Legionnaires disease, Legionella, Pneumonia
- Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis, Parasitic diseases, Insect bites and stings
- Leprosy Lepromatous leprosy, Leprosy, Communicable diseases, Mycobacterium leprae
- Leptospirosis Leptospirosis, Spirochaetes, Leptospira interrogans, Rodents, Floods, Contamination, Water
- Lyme Disease Lyme disease, Ticks, Deer, Insect bites and stings, Insecticides
- Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Measles, MMR vaccine, Rashes, Fever, Virus diseases
- Meningococcal Meningitis Cerebrospinal fever, Meningitis, Bacterial infections, Respiratory tract diseases
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Middle East, Coronavirus, Respiratory tract infections
- Mpox (Monkeypox) Virus diseases, Zoonoses, Viruses, Orthopoxvirus
- Norovirus Infection Norovirus, Diarrhoea, Vomiting
- Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis, Central nervous system diseases, Gastrointestinal diseases, Communicable diseases
- Rabies Rabies, Rabies virus, Encephalomyelitis, Virus diseases, Bites and stings, Pre-exposure prophylaxis, Immunisation, Post-exposure prophylaxis
- Respiratory Hygiene and Infections Respiratory tract diseases, Influenza, Meningococcal infections, Legionnaires disease, Flu
- Rift Valley Fever Rift Valley fever, Mosquitoes, Virus diseases, Livestock, Slaughtering
- Schistosomiasis Schistosomiasis, Parasitic diseases, Contamination, Drinking water
- Tetanus Tetanus, Spores, Central nervous system diseases, Soil pollution, Wounds and injuries
- Tick-borne Encephalitis Tick-borne encephalitis, Ticks, Insect bites and stings
- Travellers' Diarrhoea Diarrhoea, Food contamination, Drinking water, Water quality
- Tuberculosis BCG vaccines, Tuberculosis, Bacterial infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Typhoid Typhoid fever, Salmonella Typhi, Food contamination, Drinking water, Water quality, Salmonella Paratyphi
- Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Viral haemorrhagic fevers, Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, Ebola virus, Lassa virus, Marburg virus
- West Nile Fever West Nile fever, West Nile fever virus, Flavivirus, Mosquitoes, Insect bites and stings
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Pertussis, Bacterial infections, Respiratory tract diseases, Sneezing, Cough, Whooping cough
- Yellow Fever Yellow fever, Immunisation
- Yellow Fever Vaccine Yellow fever, Yellow fever vaccine, Yellow fever virus, Mosquitoes
- Zika Virus Infection Arbovirus diseases, Mosquitoes, Insect carriers, Flavivirus, Insect bites and stings, Virus diseases
Malaria
- Malaria Malaria, Preventive medicine, Mosquitoes, Insect bites and stings, Anti malarials
- Atovaquone/Proguanil
- Chloroquine
- Doxycycline
- Malaria Prevention UK Boarding Schools Malaria, Parents, Preventive measures, School children, School nurses
- Mefloquine
- Mosquito Bite Avoidance Malaria, Mosquitoes, Insecticides, Clothing, Bed coverings
- SBET Standby Emergency Treatment for Malaria Malaria, Anti malarials, Emergency treatment