International travel and health : situation as on 1 January 2005.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel--Health aspects.

Travel.

Communicable diseases--Prevention.

Communicable diseases.

Vaccination.

Physical Description:

viii, 202 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is intended to give guidance on the full range of significant health issues associated with travel. The roles of the medical profession, the travel industry and travellers themselves in avoiding health problems are recognized. The recommendations address the health risks associated with different types of travel and travellers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1 Health risks and precautions general considerations

Chapter 2 Travel by air health considerations

Chapter 3 Environmental health risks

Chapter 4 Accidents injuries and violence

Chapter 5 Infectious diseases of potential risk for travellers

Chapter 6 Vaccine preventable diseases vaccines and vaccination

Chapter 7 Malaria

Chapter 8 Blood transfusion

Annex 1 Approved yellow fever vaccine producers

Annex 2 List of countries endemic for yellow fever and list of countries requesting yellow fever vaccination for travellers coming from endemic countries

Annex 3 International Health Regulations

Index of countries and territories

Index by subject.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-14135-2

9786610141357

1-4175-8251-0

92-4-068079-9

OCLC:

781252894