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 [...]
France 2023 Rugby World Cup – Friday 8 September to Saturday 28 October 2023
France is a safe place to travel in and enjoyed by many British travellers throughout the year.World Cup Rugby should be thoroughly enjoyed but do take care to follow some or all the travel health [...]
Malaria 2022
Malaria is a potentially serious parasitic infection transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. Most reported cases of malaria in the UK involve travel to Africa, mainly West Africa. In 2019, fifteen fatal malaria [...]
Ukraine: displaced persons, health professionals and humanitarian aid providers
Displaced persons arriving from Ukraine may be more vulnerable to illnesses such as COVID-19, measles, and polio because of Ukraine’s variable vaccination coverage which is insufficient to prevent outbreaks. Additionally, the burden of chronic infectious [...]
TravelHealthPro – detailed health information for travellers during the Covid-19 pandemic
TravelHealthPro is a website comprising the travel health resources of the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC). https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/index.php NaTHNaC was set up by the Department of Health in 2002 with the broad aim of [...]