International Travel and Health eBook
The International travel and health book , published in 2011 by WHO, explains how travellers can stay healthy and provides WHO (World Health Organization) guidance on vaccinations, malaria chemoprophylaxis and treatment, personal protection against insects and other disease vectors, and safety in different environmental settings. It covers all the principal risks to travellers’ health, both during their journeys and at their destinations. It describes all relevant infectious diseases, including their causative agents, modes of transmission, clinical features and geographical distribution, and provides details of prophylactic and preventive measures.
Features of this new edition include:
- updated and improved vaccine-preventable disease descriptions
- updated vaccine recommendations and schedules
- revised list of countries and areas at risk of yellow fever
- updated country list with malaria information
- updated maps showing disease distribution
- updated information for travellers with HIV
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Chapters in the International Travel and Health book
- Health risks and precautions: general considerations
- Mode of travel: health considerations
- Environmental health risks
- Injuries and violence
- Infectious diseases of potential risk for travellers
- Vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccines
- Malaria
- Exposure to blood and body fluids
- Special groups of travellers
- Psychological health
- ITH 2011 Country List
- 1: Yellow fever vaccination requirements and recommendations, 2: Malaria situation
- ITH 2011 Annexes
- Annex 1: Countries with risk of yellow fever transmission, Countries requiring yellow fever vaccination Annex 2: International Health Regulations
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