 Health
Information for Overseas Travel
was first issued in 1995 as a companion
volume to the well established UK Health
Departments' memorandum Immunisation
against Infectious Disease (the 'Green
Book'). It was well received, especially
by doctors and practice nurses giving
travel health advice in primary care,
and is now commonly referred to as the
UK 'Yellow Book'.
Since
that first edition, there has been
a major increase in the amount of
travelrelated information available
both to health professionals and travellers,
in books, the media and via the Internet.
The origins and significance of the
information are not always clear,
however, and the advice may not be
consistent with that usually given
in the UK.
The
aim of this book is therefore still
relevant: to provide a concise and
authoritative onestop source
of information about the common health
risks to travellers and how to reduce
them. It is not a statement of Government
policy. It is advisory rather than
prescriptive, emphasising the need
to assess the risks for the individual
traveller, while recognising the limitations
of the data on which such assessments
sometimes have to be made. Risk behaviours
are also discussed, and emphasis put
on measures travellers themselves
can take to protect their health abroad.
The following table refers to chapters
within the Yellow Book and provides
further information about immunisation
and malaria prophylaxis:
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While
the recommendations for each continental
group above are about immunisations
and malaria chemoprophylaxis, it must
be remembered that most health problems
affecting travellers are not vaccine
preventable.
Advice about accident and injury prevention,
food and water hygiene, protection against
insect bites and sexual health may be
equally important. These subjects are
dealt with in the succeeding chapters:-
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By
clicking on the any of the links above
you can to the relevant information
page. These links are also found in
the menu on the left hand side of most
of the other pages in this site. You
can also search the site for any information
you require by using the search bar
above.
The
page entitled "Table of Vaccinations
and Malaria Tablets by Country"
or (Tabs & Jabs) contains a map
of the world dividing it up into six
continents (Europe, Africa, Asia, N.
America, S. America, & Oceania).
By clicking on the desired continent
you will be taken to a page containing
a list of all the countries in that
continent.
Internet
access is now possible in most countries
around the world. Travellers can therefore
use this site as a reference source
whilst away on their travels by simply
logging on and visiting this site.
