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Travel Health
Travellers at Altitude Part II – High-altitude illnesses and how we prevent them
For the final part of this blog, we now need to consider some of the illnesses associated with trekking at high altitude, before coming up with some strategies to prevent and treat them. There are three key illnesses associated with travelling to high-altitude, one...
Travellers At Altitude Part I – High Altitude Environments and how they affect us.
Altitude medicine – getting the message across Providing advice to your patients about travel to altitude can feel incredibly daunting, yet as with any area of practice, confidence improves with knowledge and understanding. In reality, it’s not...
How to keep up to date in Travel Health
As travel health professionals we have a vital role in ensuring the health and safety of our travellers whilst away. The field of travel health is fast paced and constantly evolving. With these rapid changes means that it is more important than ever to stay up to...
Understanding FGM and your responsibilities as healthcare professionals
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a deeply ingrained harmful cultural practice that is still carried out in certain communities across the world, mainly in some countries in Africa, the Middle East and certain parts of Asia....