Travel health information for people travelling abroad from the UK

Links to Useful Websites

Access Africa

• Website: http://www.access-africa.co.uk  
  Information on safaris for those with limited mobility

British Foreign Office Safety Information for Travellers

• Website: http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel
  Also on BBC2 Ceefax Page 470 and following

Health Advice for Travellers from the UK Departments of Health

• Website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAdviceForTravellers/fs/en
  Quite basic, but useful for a quick check that you have not forgotten anything.

The National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)

• Website: http://www.nathnac.org/
  The national centre providing travel health resources funded by the Department of Health for England.

World Health Organisation International Travel and Health

• Website: http://www.who.int/ith/
  A detailed book giving formal WHO advice for travellers and yellow fever certificate requirements for immigration purposes.

The Weekly Epidemiological Record from the World Health Organisation

• Website: http://www.who.int/wer/
  Lists some useful information about outbreaks of infection relevant to travellers.

Ecologically Friendly Travel

• Website: http://www.ecotravelling.co.uk/
  A new website created for those interested in the effects of travel on the environment.
• Website: http://www.ecoholidaying.co.uk/
  A companion website to the one above - for those interested in more environmentally friendly holidays.

The Lone Traveller

• Website: http://www.travellingalone.co.uk/
  Advice and useful information for those travelling alone.

Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine (A High Altitude Resource)

• Website: http://www.altitude.org
  This website is written by UK doctors and aims to provide information about high altitude and its effects on the body.
• Website: http://www.altitude.org/hape.htm
  Individuals who may have had severe respiratory problems at altitude may wish to register on a research database.

US State Department Services

• Website: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
  Safety travel warnings from the US.

Immunisation Scotland

• Website:http://www.immunisationscotland.org.uk/
  Information on immunisation for all age groups of the Scottish population.

International Society of Mountain Medicine

• Website: http://ismmed.org/
  Useful for those going off the beaten track at altitude.

International Association for Assistance for Travellers

• Website: http://www.iamat.org/
  Provides contact details for English speaking doctors in various countries who are willing to see travellers.

Frontier Medical

• Website: http://www.frontiermedical.co.uk/
  This group specialises in medical support for companies and has 'remote site' medical personnel in various parts of the world.

Mobility International

• Website: http://www.miusa.org/
  Comprehensive advice for the disabled.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

• Website: http://www.rospa.co.uk/

Travel Medicine and Vaccination Centres (TMVC) Australia

• Website: http://www.tmvc.com.au/
  This group runs travel clinics in many parts of Australia, New Zealand and Asia

The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)

• Website: http://www.istm.org
  Online travel clinic directory for most countries throughout the world. Useful for travellers needing travel advice during their trip.

UK National Kidney Federation

• Website: http://www.kidney.org.uk/
  This is an excellent resource for kidney patients and their family/carers. The site contains a wealth of information for those planning a holiday including advice for those on haemodialysis and transplant patients.