This work aims to offer in a single volume, a comprehensive guide to healthy travel. The first section offers useful pre-travel information on such topics as inoculations and a suggested medical kit. There is also a section aimed at travellers with special needs, including the female, pregnant or diabetic traveller. There is an A to Z of diseases and health risks, detailing symptoms and treatments, a section on which health risks are most common in each part of the globe and how best to prepare for them, and a directory of health contacts world-wide, including the latest online services.
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Dr Nick Jones is a GP, living in Bath, who in the course of his travels has gained first hand experience of illness off the beaten track.
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Prevention of ill health for the traveller starts long before you reach for your travel sickness pills in the airport departure lounge. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
predominantly falciparum, falciparum variety, filarial lymphangitis, variety predominates, falciparum form, foreign tests, malaria risk, chikungunya fever, chloroquine resistance, recommended prophylaxis, rare outbreaks, influenza risk, yellow fever vaccination, acupressure bands, average traveller, fever vaccination certificate, rabies risk, urgent medical help, preventative vaccination, fever risk, yellow fever certificate, adequate prophylaxis, visitors over the age, human babesiosis, medical help urgently Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, West Nile, Far East, Middle East, Rift Valley, Central America, New Zealand, Rocky Mountain, Ross River, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, South Pacific, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, North America, West Africa, Western Europe, Amazon Basin, Costa Rica, Department of Health, Hong Kong, North Africa New!
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Prevention of ill health for the traveller starts long before you reach for your travel sickness pills in the airport departure lounge. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
predominantly falciparum, falciparum variety, filarial lymphangitis, variety predominates, falciparum form, foreign tests, malaria risk, chikungunya fever, chloroquine resistance, recommended prophylaxis, rare outbreaks, influenza risk, yellow fever vaccination, acupressure bands, average traveller, fever vaccination certificate, rabies risk, urgent medical help, preventative vaccination, fever risk, yellow fever certificate, adequate prophylaxis, visitors over the age, human babesiosis, medical help urgently Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South America, West Nile, Far East, Middle East, Rift Valley, Central America, New Zealand, Rocky Mountain, Ross River, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, South Pacific, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, North America, West Africa, Western Europe, Amazon Basin, Costa Rica, Department of Health, Hong Kong, North Africa New!
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- The Rough Guide to Travel Health 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Nick Jones in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Natural Healing for Women by Susan Curtis on page 538
- Landmark Visitors Guide St. Lucia by Don Philpott in Back Matter
- Travellers' Health: How to stay healthy abroad by Dr Richard Dawood on page 532
- Where There Is No Doctor by David Werner on page 532
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- Practice Nurse Handbook by Gillian Hampson on page 217
- Practice Nurse Handbook by Gillian Hampson on page 189
- The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches & Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Paul Gray on page 24
- Morocco: The Collected Traveler: An Inspired Anthology and Travel Resource by Barrie Kerper on page 78
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