Paris Olympics 2024
The Summer Olympics 2024 are due to be held in Paris, France between Friday 26 July to Sunday 11 August 2024. The surfing event will take place in Tahiti between 27 July - 4 August 2024. The Paralympics [...]
Advice for Students and young travellers
As universities and schools take a summer break young people will travel and can be at risk. Here are some things to consider Insurance- obtain comprehensive travel health insurance plus a Global Health Insurance Card [...]
Update: UK Health Security Agency and NaTHNaC have reviewed and updated country-specific Zika information and prevention advice
Based on this review, three main risk categories now exist: risk; very low risk and negligible risk. Details again are available via TravelHealthPro or UKHSA. Travellers who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, or have [...]
Update: UK Health Security Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK
On 16 January 2024, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP) published updated malaria prevention guidelines for travellers from the UK. Details by country are available through TravelHealthPro/ NaTHNaC. Guidance on [...]
Dengue Fever Barbados and Wider Caribbean
We have had a direct report regarding Dengue, and the outbreak is now reported within TravelHealthPro. Many local travellers in Surrey visit the region this time of the year. Most people if infected with dengue [...]
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a vaccine-preventable viral disease that occurs in some countries of central, eastern, and northern Europe and across Russia to parts of eastern Asia. TBE is spread mostly by the bite of [...]