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Medical Info for
Travellers
www.istm.org
The International Society of Travel Medicine
News Service, Click on the "News from WHO & CDC" section on the left menu.
www.who.int/ith/en/
This is the World Health
Organisation’s excellent book International "Travel and Health". It gives country by country
information on yellow fever and malaria as well as excellent general advice.
www.cdc.gov/travel/
The American Centers for Disease
Control travel site also has good general information.
www.ciwec-clinic.com
This website from the renowned CIWEC Clinic in
Kathmandu give excellent advice for travellers to Nepal. In particular the sections on
diarrhoea, altitude sickness and malaria in Nepal are excellent.
www.apths.org
This is The Asia Pacific Travel Health Society
website, A regional network supporting and promoting travel medicine development.
www.high-altitude-medicine.com
This is another good site for
information about altitude sickness.
General travel info
http://www.safetravel.govt.nz/
The New
Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade safe travel website. This has updated travel
warnings and is essential reading before any trip.
www.smartraveller.gov.au
The Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs also has important travel advisories.
www.lonelyplanet.com
Lonely Planet for great
general destination advice and contact with other travellers.
www.travel.roughguides.com
Rough
Guides site, another good general site by the guide book publisher.
Finding Medical Care whilst Overseas
www.cybermall.co.nz/NZ/IAMAT
IAMAT is an organization worth joining before you travel. They have a list of affiliated
doctors in most countries of the world.
Responsible Tourism
www.tourismconcern.org.uk
Tourism Concern is a UK based organization working to raise awareness of the negative
impacts of tourism – economic , social, cultural and environmental, as well as offering
alternatives and a code of responsible travel.
www.ippg.net
The International Porter Protection group is working to improve the health and safety
conditions of mountain porters working in the tourism industry in Nepal, Pakistan, Africa
and South America.
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