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The Low Risk Traveller

June 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

In this field, we tend to fuss more over the “high risk” traveller, that is, the one who resembles Indiana Jones. That might be someone going to the middle of nowhere for a long period of time to pursue risky pursuits in spite of their complicated medical problems. Personally, I find these ones easy to [...]

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Got any vaccine?

April 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

As I repeatedly say, travel medicine and running a travel clinic are not solely about vaccines. But a lot of it is. Travel clinics are a bit like retail stores – they have to order the vaccines, store the vaccines, watch the expiry dates … same as skim milk! Much like skim milk, there are [...]

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Yellow Fever Conundrums

February 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Travel health professionals do their best to provide the most up-to-date recommendations for their travellers. But sometimes that can be difficult. For example, it has always been a little bit confusing whether a yellow fever shot is recommended, or required, to travel to Tanzania in East Africa. While the country lies in the traditional yellow [...]

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