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Author(s): World Health Organization
ISBN(s): 9789241580427, 9241580429
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 2.41 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  9241580429 

ISBN 13: 978-9241580427

Author: World Health Organization

From the World Health Organization, this guide for medical professionals who advise international travelers, as well as travel agents and organizers, airlines, shipping companies, and travelers themselves, details how they can stay healthy, with advice on vaccinations, malaria chemoprophylaxis and treatment, protection against insects and other diseases, traveling by air and sea, injuries, exposure to blood and body fluids, special groups such as recent immigrants returning home, and safety in different environmental settings. Along with a new chapter on psychological health, this edition has a country list with updated malaria and yellow fever information, a revised section on rabies, and updated distribution maps of infectious diseases. Vaccine recommendations and schedules have been updated, and recommendations for polio vaccination have been changed. The book is available online. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
 

Table of contents: 

Chapter 1

Health risks and precautions: general considerations

Travel-related risks

Medical consultation before travel

Assessment of health risks associated with 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

Chapter 2

Mode of travel: health considerations

Travel by air

Cabin air pressure

Cabin humidity and dehydration

Ozone

Cosmic radiation

Motion sickness

Immobility, circulatory problems and deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Diving

Jet lag,

Psychological aspects

Travellers with medical conditions or special needs

Transmission of communicable diseases on aircrafts

Aircraft disinsection

Medical assistance on board

Contraindications to air travel

Travel by sea

Communicable diseases

Noncommunicable diseases

Precautions

Chapter 3

Environmental health risks

Altitude

Heat and humidity

Ultraviolet radiation from the sun

Foodborne and waterborne health risks

Recreational waters

Animals and insects

Chapter 4

Injuries and violence

Road traffic injuries

Injuries in recreational waters

Violence

Chapter 5

Infectious diseases of potential risk for travellers

Modes of transmission and general precautions

Specific infectious diseases involving potential health risks for travellers

Maps

Chapter 6

Vaccine-preventable diseases and vaccines

General considerations

Vaccines for routine use

Vaccines for selective use

Mandatory vaccination

Special groups

Adverse reactions and contraindications

International certificate of vaccination or prophylaxis

Chapter 7

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

Treatment

Treatment abroad and stand-by emergency treatment

Special groups

Countries and territories with malarious areas

Chapter 8

Exposure to blood and body fluids

Blood transfusion

Accidental exposure to blood and body fluids

Chapter 9

Special groups of travellers

Travel to visit friends and relatives

Pilgrimage

Chapter 10

Psychological health

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