Travel Health and Safety

There is a lot of over-technical information regarding travel health and safety on the web so we have selected the guides which the layman can understand but which still offer authoritative content. Travel safety advisories from your government should always be checked before travelling to the less stable parts of the world.

Travel Directory | Travel Health and Safety

Health

NHS - Fit For Travel (UK) - excellent and thorough travel health advice, including country specific problems, from the Scottish public health authority.

Medical College of Wisconsin - Travel Health USA - travel related medical information of a professional nature.

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases - features products to help prevent tropical diseases as well as information on diagnosis and treatment.

London Travel Clinic - the Fleet Street Travel Clinic is one of the most trusted names in Travel Medicine. They offer specialist medical care for travelling abroad, including travel vaccinations, the latest travel health advice, prescription medicines, and medical kits and supplies of all types.

Malaria

Disease by Destination | Malaria site list | WHO fact sheet | South Africa Malaria research

DVT

Check plane seating configurations in order to reserve the best possible location at SeatGuru
And go here to see an excellent Airline Review site.

Bugbog's: General Travel Health | Malaria | Deep Vein Thrombosis | Jet Lag

Safety

Foreign and Commonwealth Office - UK* - official travel advisories on country specific safety and health issues from the UK government and therefore the best place for the UK resident traveller to start their research.

* Beware, as governments are, by their very nature, extremely - some would say over - cautious. So don't let the advice freak you out so much that you spend the rest of your life in bed! A pinch of salt...

Bugbog's: Travel Safety