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Health-Related Websites
Here are 7 websites that deal with health-related matters for travellers. If you know of others that are relevant to the health needs of long-term, long-distance travellers, please let us know.
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| A Country by Country Guide to the use of the European Health Insurance Card in Europe (supplied by Don Madge) |
Use of the EHIC in Europe |
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* Medical treatment in Europe - the European Health Insurance card or EHIC (the replacement for the E111).
* Medical treatment around the world, including which countries have reciprocal agreements with the UK enabling travellers to receive free or low cost emergency care.
* How to have a healthy journey and deal successfully with any medical emergencies that might occur.
* Protect yourself from malaria, rabies, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis by planning ahead and taking some simple precautions.
* Regularly updated alerts on diseases around the world, advice on staying safe, areas affected by H5N1 (bird flu).
* Health insurance and benefits, advice on staying healthy while away and what to do when you get home. Useful contacts. |
UK Dept of Health |
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This website has a place for your enquiries, a health encyclopaedia, a self-help guide, lists of local NHS services, commonly asked health questions, interactive tools, a free newsletter, a 'contact us' feature and other links. You can find out about illnesses, operations, tests and treatments; get advice on common health problems from the self-help guide; find your nearest doctor, dentist, optician and pharmacies and try some new interactive quizzes and calculations. |
NHS in the UK |
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Invaluable travel health guidance by the Scottish NHS, with worldwide country-specific disease and inoculation advice, plus an A-Z of general advice on topics from Accidents to Yellow Fever. |
Scottish A to Z |
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This website contains very detailed US travel advice and health guidance of the kind given to health practitioners. Worldwide coverage with country profiles, safety and security advice, relevant health and inoculation issues and consular information. |
Travel Health |
| MASTA is a UK-wide network of travel clinics. Useful for inoculations not available under NHS, for example rabies and tick-borne encephalitis, but they are expensive. Allow yourself plenty of time for the full course of injections. |
Travel Clinic |
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Medical supplies for travellers, including insect repellents, medical kits, mosquito protection, water purification, mountain survival, DVT prevention - with a list of local stockists. |
Medical Supplies |
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