World Immunisation Week is an annual event that takes place during the last week of April. It is a time to raise awareness about the importance of vaccines and the role they play in protecting people of all ages from dangerous and deadly diseases. In 2023 Under the theme of ‘The Big Catch-Up’, The World […]
If you have administered vaccinations previously you may be aware that there are some vaccines that are thought to be more painful than others. You may have even possibly heard one of the following phrases from one of your vaccine recipients: “wow, I didn’t feel that one at all” “ouch, that one really hurt” “that […]
Insect-borne diseases, such as Dengue fever and Chikungunya, are a significant public health concern worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. These diseases are transmitted by mosquitoes and can cause severe illness, including fever, joint pain, and in some cases, death. To combat these diseases, researchers are continually developing new vaccines to protect against them. […]
The Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK: 2022 have just been published. All professionals that are working in travel health services should be familiar with these guidelines as they are developed by the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP). For those not familiar with these guidelines, […]
Becoming a Travel Health Specialist Pharmacist can be an incredibly rewarding career. Travel Health is an emerging and rapidly developing field of medicine. As we have seen evident from Covid-19, new diseases can arise and outbreaks can occur which can change the face of travel. With travel now firmly back on the radar and more […]
We have been delivering high quality travel health training for a number of years to health professionals across the UK and beyond. As an organisation, we are always looking for ways to improve our content but also how we deliver our courses. With clinical professionals having busy schedules, we understand that taking out two days […]
Those of you who have done a Travel Health course delivered by me will probably have heard me recount the story about my 2006 South Africa trip when I’m discussing how to approach the question of ‘what vaccines do I need?’. I tell the story because it is a very fitting example for: Many people […]
Today at Health Academy we are delighted to announce that we are partnering with Mission Rabies. This charitable partnership will mean that every time a rabies course is purchased on our site, Health Academy will donate £3 to Mission Rabies. With donations like this we can help support the invaluable work across the world. Every […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] With the recovery of international travel, one of the most common enquiries that we are getting at the moment is asking us if a pharmacy dispenser can administer travel vaccines. At first glance this may seem like quite a simple question, but actually when you explore it further […]
We have launched our ‘Explained’ series. Each week a new animation will be released on our YouTube channel. This week we launch our ‘Cholera Explained’ animation.
