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International Travel And Health

International travel and health is a WHO publication that offers guidance on the full range of health risks likely to be encountered at specific destinations and associated with different types of travel – from business, humanitarian and leisure travel to backpacking and adventure tours.

The guidance is intended to help the medical profession to be fully aware of potential risks and to provide appropriate advice, whether this concerns recommended vaccinations, protection against insects and other disease vectors, or safety in different environmental settings.

: Preface

:: Health risks and precautions: general considerations
- Travel-related risks
- Medical consultation before travel
- Medical kit and toilet items
- Travellers with pre-existing medical conditions and special needs
- Insurance for travellers
- Role of travel industry professionals
- Responsibility of the traveller
- Medical examination after travel

:: Travel by air: health considerations
- Cabin air pressure
- Cabin humidity and dehydration
- Ozone
- Cosmic radiation
- Motion ickness
- Immobility, circulatory problems and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Diving
- Jet lag
- Psychological aspects
- Travellers with medical conditions or special needs
- Communicable diseases
- Aircraft disinsection
- Medical assistance on board
- Contraindications for air travel

:: Environmental health risks
- Altitude
- Heat and humidity
- Ultraviolet radiation from the sun
- Foodborne and waterborne health risks
- Recreational waters
- Animals and insects

:: Accidents,injuries and violence

- Traffic accidents
- Injuries and accidents in recreational waters
- Violence

:: Infectious diseases of potential risk for travellers
- Modes of transmission and general precautions
- Specific infectious diseases involving potential health risks for travelers
- Maps

:: Vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccines and vaccination
- General considerations
- Vaccines for routine use
- Vaccines for selective use
- Mandatory vaccination
- Special groups
- Adverse reactions and contraindications
- International certificate of vaccination

:: Malaria
- General considerations
- Cause
- Transmission
- Nature of the disease
- Geographical distribution
- Risk for travellers
- Precautions
- Protection against mosquito bites
- Chemoprophylaxis
- Long-term use of chemoprophylaxis
- Stand-by emergency treatment
- Treatment of P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae infections
- Special groups
- Special situations—multidrug-resistant malaria
- Countries and territories with malarious areas

:: Blood transfusion

:: Country list: vaccination requirements and malaria situation

:: Annexes
Annex 1: Approved yellow fever vaccine producers
Annex 2: List of countries endemic for yellow fever and list of countries requesting yellow fever vaccination for travellers coming from endemic countries
Annex 3: International Health Regulations
Content Taken From :- http://www.who.int/ith/en/
 



 
 
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