TRAVEL MEDICINE
A Pocket Guide for International Delegates and Expatriates
By: Dr. Wolfgang Weiß, Dr. Burkhard Rieke
Paperback edition
On 316 pages international delegates and expatriates get valuable information on how to stay healthy during their time abroad.
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Topics, among others, comprise:
BEFORE YOU TRAVEL
- What will await you in the host country?: Climate, Smog, Hygiene, Disease risks, Medical care, Road traffic, Where to stay, Workplace, Culture
- Medical precautions before travelling
- Vaccinations: General remarks, Reasons to vaccinate, Available vaccines, Vaccines for special groups of people, Future vaccines
- Preventing malaria, Exposition prophylaxis, Chemoprophylaxis
- Medication
- Other equipment
- Insurance / Emergency Preparedness and Response
WHILE TRAVELLING
- Travelling by air
- Travelling by car and bus
- Travelling by ship
STAYING HEALTHY IN THE HOST COUNTRY
- Acclimatisation
- Road traffic
- Water
- Dealing with food
- Personal hygiene
- Protection from insects
- Pets
- Important general aspects
- Life-threatening emergencies
- Special emergencies
- Transport
- Emergency situations. Signs and symptoms
- Psychic stress
- Diseases caused by physical parameters
- Diseases transmitted by food
- Diseases transmitted by insects and ticks
- Diseases transmitted from person to person
- Diseases transmitted by other mechanisms
DANGERS ARISING FROM NATURE
- Poisonous and venomous animals
- Behaviour in earth quake and tsunami prone areas