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Review
. 2018 Jan;46(1):59-65.
doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2017.10.004. Epub 2017 Dec 7.

Advising the traveller

Joanna Herman  1   2 , Dipti Patel  1   2
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Review

Advising the traveller

Joanna Herman et al. Medicine (Abingdon). 2018 Jan.

Abstract

Global travel continues to increase, particularly to tropical destinations that have different health risks from those encountered closer to home. Currently, over a billion people travel annually, with over 65 million visits made from the UK. Seeking pre-travel advice should be an essential part of any trip for a traveller. The key elements of pre-travel advice are health risk assessment, health promotion and risk management; this involves advice on prevention of malaria, travellers' diarrhoea, sexually transmitted infections and accidents, as well as appropriate vaccinations. Higher risk groups of travellers, such as those visiting friends and relatives, those with co-morbidities, pregnant women and very young or elderly individuals, particularly need to be targeted.

Keywords: Health promotion; MRCP; health risk assessment; malaria prevention; pre-travel advice; travel medicine; travellers' diarrhoea; vaccinations; yellow fever.

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