The “Syria traveller”: reintegration or legal sanctioning?

Malaria and the traveller

Malaria remains a significant health risk to millions of people living in endemic areas of the world. An increase in drugresistant parasites combined with an increase in international travel, has seen a concordant increase in the number of cases of malaria imported by travellers into the industrialised world annually. Malaria in travellers can nearly always be prevented by the application of pe...

The returned traveller.

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Alliances: Sanctioning and Monitoring

Responding to chemical weapons violations in Syria: legal, health, and humanitarian recommendations

Background The repeated use of prohibited chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict poses serious health, humanitarian, and security threats to civilians, healthcare personnel, and first responders. Moreover, the use of chemical weapons constitutes a clear and egregious violation of international law-likely amounting to a war crime-for which continued impunity is setting a dangerous precedent in ...

The returned traveller with diarrhoea.

BACKGROUND Traveller's diarrhoea is among the most frequently reported problems for travellers. Prevention remains a challenge in travellers and the appropriate management of traveller's diarrhoea remains paramount. OBJECTIVE This article provides an overview of the general approach to diarrhoea in the returned traveller, including identification of common causes and management. DISCUSSION ...