Thursday 26 July 2007

health guidelines for travellers

Protection for travellers to developing/tropical countries

Protection can be divided into 3 categories:

Personal protection
personal hygiene
insect repellent
bed netting
avoidance of animals
care with food and drink
safe sex

Chemoprophylaxis, eg. Antimalarials

Immunizations
yellow fever
hepatitis A and B
typhoid

more details in Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine handout which i will be giving out in class.

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