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Feb 2016 24 Categories: Malaria, Malaria tablets, travel health, Yellow Fever

Travel health Advice: Kenya

With breathtaking scenery and an abundance of magnificent wildlife, Kenya is the perfect destination for a safari holiday or beach break. Tourism in the country has grown steadily over since the turn of the 21st century and now attracts well over 1 million tourists every year. Indeed, tourism is responsible […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Jan 2016 31 Categories: Uncategorized

Travel Health Advice: Thailand

Located on Southeast Asia’s Indochina peninsula, Thailand is a beautiful and radiant country, rich in culture and buzzing with life. From its bustling city streets to its tropical rainforests, it’s a once in a lifetime destination with plenty to see. Famous for its crazy moon parties and exotic sandy beaches, […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Dec 2015 24 Categories: travel health

Travel Health Advice: India

India is home to some of the world’s greatest wonders and most iconic monuments. Being the second most populous country in the world, India is rich in culture, and home to some of the most vibrant cities the world has to offer. Bustling bazaars and exotic landscapes help to make […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Nov 2015 23 Categories: Our Clinics, travel health

Travel Insurance, EHIC Cards and Appropriate Cover: Handling Your Healthcare When Travelling Abroad

When booking a relaxing holiday abroad, the last thing you want to think about is what could go wrong – especially what it would be like to spend some time in a foreign hospital. Unfortunately, things don’t always go to plan when holidaying abroad and the need to see a […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Oct 2015 27 Categories: travel health

More Cholera outbreaks have been declared: how to protect yourself when travelling

Major cholera epidemics are commonly known to affect several regions of the world – Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Central Africa and the Pacific region. But it is in Iraq that the latest outbreak has infected almost 2,000 people. For many people in the UK it may be a surprise to […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Sep 2015 17 Categories: travel health, Uncategorized

Why visiting your friends and family is a potential health risk

It is now the second most common reason for leaving the UK, but travelling overseas to see friends and relatives without immunisations could put you at serious risk. Visiting friends and family abroad is more popular than it has ever been. In fact, it is now sandwiched between ‘going on […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Aug 2015 13 Categories: Malaria

Everything you didn’t want to know but should about Traveller’s Diarrhoea

Montezuma’s revenge, Rangoon runs, Delhi belly, Turkey trots: there’s no shortage of fun and quirky names for the illness no one wants to think about when they voyage abroad. However far or wide you may have travelled, you will never be far from someone who has had a brush with […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Jul 2015 28 Categories: Our Clinics, travel health

5 factors that will make or break your gap year

It”s that time of year again when school and university leavers are preparing their next steps. Some are heading for the big world of work, while others are planning a year of adventure and discovery before they tie themselves down to a stable job and a steady salary. If you […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Jun 2015 25 Categories: Malaria, Malaria tablets

How a revolutionary anti-malaria drug could simplify travelling abroad

Pharmacologists have discovered a compound with the potential to treat malaria, as well as protect patients from the disease and prevent its spread. The compound, codenamed DDD107498 was recently unearthed at Dundee University. It’s unique compared to current antimalarial drugs in that it may be possible to both treat and […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

May 2015 26 Categories: travel health

Airlines’ dirty little secret

It’s the stuff of nightmares. Impostors board a commercial jet and infiltrate the cabin to poison the passengers. It may sound like something from a Hollywood movie starring Bruce Willis or Wesley Snipes but actually it happens hundreds of times a day on flights travelling from every airport on Earth. […]

Posted by Tim Deakin

Travel health Advice: Kenya

Travel Health Advice: Thailand

Travel Health Advice: India

Travel Insurance, EHIC Cards and Appropriate Cover: Handling Your Healthcare When Travelling Abroad

More Cholera outbreaks have been declared: how to protect yourself when travelling

Why visiting your friends and family is a potential health risk

Everything you didn’t want to know but should about Traveller’s Diarrhoea

5 factors that will make or break your gap year

How a revolutionary anti-malaria drug could simplify travelling abroad

Airlines’ dirty little secret

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