Getting Ready - Guide to Healthy Travel

Do you have the IAMAT Guide to Healthy Travel?

This handy booklet is consulted by countless travellers to prevent and treat common travel related illnesses. The A to Z primer, written by Elaine C. Jong, MD (Clinical Professor, Emeritus, of Medicine at the University of Washington) and Anne C. Terry, ARNP (Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Washington Travel Medicine Clinic, Hall Health Center), is available to download for only $15. All the proceeds from your purchase go towards our International Travel Medicine Education Program, a fund helping doctors and nurses from low and middle income countries to study, research, and train in the field of travel medicine.

What’s inside the 2013 Edition?

  • A pre-trip planning countdown timeline
  • Assembling your Travel Medicine Kit, including First-Aid supplies
  • Details on over-the-counter and prescription medications
  • Advice on when to seek medical care abroad and when you return

Have a quick peak! Here's a sample of advice on Altitude Sickness.

Learn how to prevent and treat:

  • Allergic Reactions
  • Altitude Sickness
  • Athlete's Foot
  • Cold, Flu, Pneumonia and other respiratory ailments
  • Congestion
  • Constipation
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis
  • Diarrhea
  • Fever
  • Hayfever
  • Headaches and muscle aches
  • Insect bites and stings
  • Jet Lag
  • Malaria
  • Motion Sickness
  • MRSA Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
  • Nosebleeds
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Skin Infections
  • Sun Exposure
  • Water related illnesses
  • Water Purification
  • Worms
  • Yeast Infections

 



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