Vaccinations for travellers

Routine and recommended vaccinations for travellers.

Travel risks should not be neglected. Health hazard is unprofitable. Adequately planned, individually adjusted prophylaxis makes travel not only pleasant, but safe as well. It is worth to emphasize that fever in person coming back from the tropics requires quick exclusion (or confirmation) of malaria.

Vaccinations of International Travellers From Greece to Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction: The number of travellers from Greece who travel to sub-Saharan Africa has increased during the last decade. Our aim in this research was to study vaccination patterns for travellers travelling to sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2011 until December 2014 in all (57) public health departments in Gr...

Mosquito repellents for travellers.

This is one of a series of occasional articles on therapeutics for common or serious conditions, covering new drugs and old drugs with important new indications or concerns. The series advisers are Robin Ferner, honorary professor of clinical pharmacology, University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Hospital, and Albert Ferro, professor of cardiovascular clinical pharmacology, King’s College L...

Malaria prophylaxis for travellers.

Vaccinations for pregnant women.

In the United States, eradication and reduction of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization has directly increased life expectancy by reducing mortality. Although immunization is a public priority, vaccine coverage among adult Americans is inadequate. The Institute of Medicine, the Community Preventive Services Task Force, and other public health entities have called for the developmen...