Travel Medicine - What you need to know before you travel

Tue Mar 11 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC+00:00

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Dr Jayne LM Donegan
Publisher/HostDr Jayne LM Donegan
Travel Medicine - What you need to know before you travel What you need to know before you travel
About this Event

This is an ONLINE event.


THE LINK WILL BE SENT TO YOU 2 days, 1 day, 12 hours, 30 mins & 1 min BEFORE THE EVENT


Prophylaxis against malaria:

• The NICE Guidelines

• The importance of physical Barriers

• Conventional Medications

• Homeopathic Complementary approaches

Vaccination requirements for travel –


• Which vaccinations are for foreign diseases are and which are part of the routine schedule?

• How likely are you to be at risk?

What to take with you in your travel pack

"Risk assessment is important to rationalise pre-travel preparation, but the advice needs to reflect the health risk and not the interventions available ... Health promotion and health education need to be the focus of pre-travel consultations. Risk assessment should be based on a broader view than administering drugs and vaccines."(1)

Outline

• The importance of taking adequate measures for pre-existing health conditions

• Food and water hygiene - Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Cholera, [Hepatitis B], Oral rehydration

• Insect Bite Avoidance - Yellow Fever, Malaria - 'Clinical Evidence' based Guidelines

• Physical Barriers, Antimalarial drugs - indications and contraindications, Homoeopathic complementary approaches

• Diseases for which Vaccines are compulsory in some countries - Yellow Fever, Meningococcal Disease - Hajj & Umrah Pilgrimages

• Japanese Encephalitis B

• Vaccination recommendations for travel – How to assess your risk

• Safe aeroplane travel, anti-thrombosis measures

• What to take with you in your travel pack


Aims

That those participating

• Realise that the commonest reason for repatriation is inadequate treatment of pre-existing health conditions when abroad.

• Have a clear understanding of the benefits and risks of of current travel advice.

• Have practical advice on how to minimise risk and maximise benefits of travel.

• Have simple guidelines for managing illness abroad for themselves and their family.


You will be able to access this lecture from 7.15 PM – if you receive no link by 3 hours before please email me


An ebook of this lecture is available at the website :

http://www.jayne-donegan.co.uk/articles

Other lectures by Dr Jayne Donegan:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/dr-jayne-lm-donegan-30030351200


Event Venue

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Tickets

GBP 11.55

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