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Your Child's Health Abroad: A Manual for Traveling Parents

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This book is so informative and so interesting, it is absolutely mandatory for parents traveling with children in areas of the world where there are health issues beyond your experience. There is a prodigious amount of up-to-date and accessible information packed into this volume--and it's the kind of book that you want to read from cover to cover, even the parts less relevant to your needs. My husband and I recently returned from a six-month sojourn in Thailand, Laos and Burma with our four children (aged 7, 5, 3 and 1). We carried this book as part of our medical kit, and it was invaluable in preparing that medical kit and also in helping to plan our trip itinerary (i.e., the book convinced us that malaria was the one nonnegotiable health issue). Memorable anecdotes from expatriate and traveling families pepper the book. There's nothing else like this out there.

This book is now the only book I take on our travel (Taiwan, U.K., France, etc) -- it is an excellent resource addressing everything from the likelihood of certain diseases in different regions of the world to how to handle health concerns for kids and when/how to take action when needed. I'd highly recommend this to parents traveling with kids. Not to mention, I got our best air travel tip from this book (wrapping up some toys/books as presents on long trips as a special surprise).

I wish the author and publisher of this book would update it! Some of its information is a little out-of-date (especially about vaccinations, such as for Japanese Encephalitis), but I still find the book helpful as I prepare to birth my first child in a foreign country. My husband and I currently use this book when we have questions about our own maladies. I find the book to be organized a little counter-intuitively for some purposes since everything is divided by area of the body and/or symptom; I can't easily look up the symptoms of a specific malady if I suspect we might have it. Nevertheless, I am sure I will consult this book first when I'm worried about whether I should take my child to the doctor.

This book is just amazing. It answered all my questions and provides a fantastic section on signs to watch for if your child might be coming down with something. I would recommend that anyone traveling with kids should have a copy on them on them at all times!! I just hope they provide a revised edition at some point in the near future.

The updated and expanded second edition of the classic traveling parents' guide Your Child Abroad: A Travel Health Guide covers everything from tropical jungles to a visit to Europe, offering tips on how to handle both minor problems and emergencies and including the latest medical updates for countries and problems. From handling a child's allergy problems overseas to new antimalarials and a regional risk analysis. Your Child Abroad provides plenty of precautions and risk assessments to make for informed parents.

"[the] one book whose every page is specifically aimed at [travelling] kids... delivers exactly what it promises... derides exagerated tales of sudden death by snake-bite..." Dea Birkett in The Guardian, London (06.07.02)

"Trekking families will find Your Child's Health Abroad invaluable." The Sunday Times, London (April 14, 2002)

"a timely and relevant publication. It embraces the parental perspective providing sound practical information and advice... With the help of case stories, the authors create a personal tone without distraction from the key points... This book is an essential resource of every travelling parent." Travel Wise: newsletter of the British Travel Health Association issue 4; spring 1999

"Peace of mind has rarely been so immediate and compact." The Sunday Times, London

"Parents considering taking children to developing countries would be wise to obtain a copy of this manual as it not only offers practical advice for disease prevention and treatment based on personal experiences but also gives inspiration to parents who may have doubts about travelling with offspring abroad. Travel health advisors will also find this book a useful addition to their library of travel health literature."
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"a good point of reference for parents considering trekking with children" The Independent, London (August 7, 1999)

"detailed manual packed with common-sense, medically accurate advice." Practical Parenting (August 1999)

"The authors write that `the secret of pleasurable travel with children is to ensure that you are within your limits of coping'. I would add a second essential: this excellent manual for travelling parents." Simon Calder of the Independent newspaper, London (1998)

"includes an impressive number of lists... the authors, both parents as well as doctors, offer practical and reassuring advice as relevant in Corfu as Kathmandu." The Times, London (Mar 28, 1998)

"adventurous parents...should pack a copy...It is packed with sensible advice about how to avoid exotic illnesses and what to do in emergencies (such as being burnt by hot buffalo milk)...it is also a delight to read." Daily Telegraph, London (Nov 10, 1998)

"compulsive reading...tips are relevant for any foreign holiday...extremely well laid out." The Guardian, London (July 18, 1998)

"offers advice on everything from keeping children occupied on flights to avoiding food poisoning..." The Express, London (July 18, 1998)

"interspersed with light hearted anecdotes which serve to reassure parents that most problems are usually minor and easily dealt with, despite how terrifying they seem at the time." Sesame, newsletter of the Scientific Exploration Society (Autumn 1998)

"straightforward advice...in an easy-to-use format." Geographical Magazine, London (June 1998)