Description

An indispensable resource for anyone concerned with safe international travel, this best-selling book has been completely updated to provide more state-of-the-art guidance than ever before. In clear, accessible prose, authors Stuart Rose, MD and Jay Keystone, MD cover all of the essentials of healthy travel, from pre-travel vaccination and avoiding jet lag and altitude sickness to the treatment of travelers' diarrhea, malaria prevention, and more. In addition, the book's unique World Health Guide section provides essential health and risk-related information for over 200 countries.

Key Features

Includes invaluable information on:
How to stay healthy while traveling, and what to do if you get sick or injured abroad.
How to avoid accidents.
Avoiding insect bites, a major cause of illness in tropical and sub-tropical countries.
How to locate a clinic for pre-travel shots and advice.
How to travel with children.
Traveling during pregnancy.
How to find travel insurance that pays 'up front' and pays for medical evacuation.
Which diseases are found in specific geographic regions.

New to this Edition

Contains a new appendix with an extensive list of travel-health-related websites.
Now Includes embassy and consulate information for US, Canada, and UK
Provides information on travel clinics worldwide
Provides SOS call center information
Presents a new summary of immunizations for each destination.
Offers new information on trip preparation for disabled travelers.

1. Overview of Travelers' Health
2. Trip Preparation
3. Vaccines for Travel
4. Jet Lag and Motion Sickness
5. Food and Drink Safety
6. Travelers' Diarrhea
7. Malaria
8. Insect Bite Prevention
9. Insect-Borne Diseases
10. Travel-Related Diseases
11. Lyme Disease
12. Hepatitis
13. Diabetes
14. HIV/AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
15. Altitude Illness
16. Medical Care Abroad
17. Travel Insurance
18. Medical Transport
19. Business Travel and Health
20. Travel and Pregnancy
21. Traveling with Children