think health
If you're travelling overseas for work or pleasure think about your health before you leave Australia.
The most common vaccine preventable diseases, hepatitis A & B, can spoil your trip and place friends and family at risk when you return. Vaccination for these diseases is available to ensure that travellers are protected before they leave home. To have a safe trip, start planning early.
ensure you have...
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Travel insurance - YHA members save up to 20% on QBE Travel Insurance |
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Discuss immunisation, malaria and other health issues with a doctor or travel health service |
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A basic medical kit |
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Supplies of your regular medication |
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An understanding of what you can and can't carry on the plane |
basic safety tips
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Avoid undercooked meat and seafood, raw vegetables and salad |
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Boil or purify drinking water if in doubt |
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Ensure cooked food is served steaming hot |
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Cover exposed skin under permethrin- impregnated mosquito nets and use insect repellent especially in known malaria areas. Daytime mosquito protection is needed in areas of risk for dengue fever. |
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Practice safe sex |
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Wear seatbelts |
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Avoid being bitten by mammals as rabies can be transmitted |
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Avoid swimming in rivers and lakes where bilharzia (schistosomiasis) infection occurs |
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Check out www.welltogo.com.au, which provides a comprehensive guide to travel health |
immunisations
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Hepatitis A |
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Hepatitis B |
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Cholera |
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Diphtheria |
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Influenza |
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Japanese encephalitis |
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Malaria (not an immunisation) |
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Measles, mumps, rubella |
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Meningococcal meningitis |
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Pertussis |
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Polio |
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Rabies |
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Tetanus |
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Tuberculosis (BCG) |
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Typhoid fever |
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Varicella (chickenpox) |
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Yellow fever |
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