USEFUL INTERNET SITES
| Foreign & Commonwealth Office .... | www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo [1] |
| NHS travel site ............................ | www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk [2] |
| Travel information site ................. | www.travelhealth.co.uk [3] |
| Department of Health .................. | www.dh.gov.uk [4] |
| Immunisation issues ................... | www.immunisation.nhs.uk [5] |
| Malaria for the general public ....... | www.malariahotspots.co.uk [6] |
| Lonely Planet guide books & advice | www.lonelyplanet.com [7] |
| Centre for Disease Control ........... | www.cdc.gov/travel [8] (US-based site) |
USEFUL BOOKS
Travellers’ Health – How to stay healthy abroad [9]
Devised and edited by Dr Richard Dawood
Oxford University Press. 4th edition 2002. ISBN 0192629476
Bugs Bites and Bowels [10]
by Dr Jane Wilson Howarth
Cadogan Books, London. 2006. ISBN 186011332X
The Rough Guide to Travel Health [11]
by Dr Nick Jones
Rough Guides Ltd. ISBN 1843533243
Everything you need to know before you go – Information and advice for independent travel [12]
by Mark Ashton
Abroadsheet Publications. 3rd Edition 1998. ISBN 0952512823
SUPPLIERS OF TRAVEL EQUIPMENT
| Homeway Medical Ltd ................... | 01980 626361 |
| www.travelwithcare.co.uk [13] | |
| MASTA ....................................... | 0113 238 7575 |
| www.masta.org [14] | |
| Nomad ....................................... | 020 8889 7014 |
| www.nomadtravel.co.uk [15] | |
| Trailfinders ................................. | 0207 938 3999 |
| www.trailfinders.co.uk/onestop.htm [16] | |
| Lifesystems ................................ | 01189 811433 |
| www.lifesystems.co.uk [17] |
INSURANCE COMPANIES (information taken from www.gapyear.com [18])
| Sta Travel ................................... | 0800 1 600 599 |
| Visas Australia Company .............. | 01270 626626 |
| Bridge the World ......................... | 0870 444 7474 |
USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
(All these telephone numbers attract a premium rate call charge fee)
| Hospital for Tropical Diseases ....... | 09061 337733 |
| (also run a travel clinic) | |
| Hospital for Tropical Diseases ....... | 09061 991992 |
| (Fax-Back information service) | |
| TRAVAX ...................................... | 0906 550 0059 |
| Malaria Reference Laboratory ........ | 09065 508 908 |
| MASTA ....................................... | 09068 224 100 |
| MASTA ....................................... | 01705 553 933 |
| (for more than 6 destinations) |
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBERS
| General enquiries ........................ | 020 7270 1500 |
| Consular enquiries ...................... | 020 7008 0218 |
| Travel advice .............................. | 020 7008 0232 / 33 |
| Visa enquiries ............................. | 020 7008 8438 |
The Foreign Office provides a travel advice information service on CEEFAX page 470 (BBC 2).
WORLDWIDE TRAVEL CLINIC DIRECTORIES
| International Society of Travel Medicine | www.istm.org [19] |
| American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene | www.astmh.org [20] |