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Where do you want to
go?
Wherever you travel in the world, use our alphabetical country-by-country
guide to find out what vaccinations are recommended. | |
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Holiday
preparation
You've booked your holiday and are counting down the weeks
until you go. But what steps do you need to take to ensure your wellbeing
abroad? | |
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Sun sense
For most people, lying in the sun is a key part of relaxing on
holiday. With skin cancer cases on the rise, find out why your skin type is key to preventing sunburn. | |
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Deep vein thrombosis
Associated with long-haul flights, DVT is also a risk on
shorter trips. We explain what to look out for, plus steps to take when you
fly. | |
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Food risks
Hepatitis A
Liver
infection transmitted through contaminated food.
Travellers' diarrhoea
How to avoid this most common holiday complaint.
Typhoid
A food-borne
infection that's a risk for all travellers.
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Risks posed by wildlife
A serious viral infection spread by mosquitoes and ticks.
Caused by a tick bite, with a significant presence in Europe.
Malaria
One of the
most serious of all infectious diseases.
Preventing malaria
How to protect yourself against infection.
Scorpions and spiders
Essential facts, plus how to deal with venomous bites.
Sleeping sickness
(trypanosomiasis)
Transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly in
Africa.
Snakes and snake bites
Essential facts, plus what to do if you are bitten.
Yellow fever
Mosquito-transmitted infection with the potential to kill.
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Diseases
Cholera
A common
threat to the traveller in Asia and Africa.
Diphtheria
Deadly
infection of the upper airways.
Hepatitis B
Liver
infection transmitted through blood or sexual contact.
Tuberculosis
A
serious infectious disease that affects the lungs.
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