Infectious diseases
Cholera
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease usually associated with poverty, poor sanitation and inadequate access to clean drinking water
Updated: 26 March 2024
Dengue
Dengue is an infection caused by the dengue virus of which there are four different subtypes. The disease is transmitted by mosquitoes
Updated: 29 July 2024
Rabies
Rabies occurs in warm-blooded mammals and is transmitted to humans, most often by a bite or scratch from an infected animal, usually a dog
Updated: 25 March 2019Preparing for healthy travel
- Diseases spread by insects and ticks in Europe
- Diseases spread by insects and ticks in the American continent (the Americas)
- First aid kits
- Food and water hygiene
- General advice for travellers
- Insect and tick bite avoidance
- Medicines and travel
- Personal safety
- Snake bites and avoidance
- Summer travel: advice for students and young holidaymakers
- Sun protection
- Travel Insurance
- Travelling for Carnival
- Venous thromboembolism
- Zika virus: Evaluating the risk to individual travellers
First aid kits
A travel health first aid kit is recommended for travellers
Updated: 30 August 2017
Summer travel: advice for students and young holidaymakers
Off on a summer break? See our guide to staying safe and healthy abroad
Updated: 03 June 2024
Insect and tick bite avoidance
Protection from insect and tick bites is essential to help prevent vector-borne diseases such as malaria, yellow fever and Zika
Updated: 21 March 2024Special risk travel/traveller
Travelling with additional needs and/or disability
This factsheet provides an overview and advice on the points to consider when travelling with additional needs and/or disability
Updated: 06 February 2018
Hajj and Umrah
The Ministry of Health of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issue their requirements and recommendations for Hajj and Umrah annually
Updated: 15 May 2024
Extreme heat
Advice when travelling to areas with extreme heat
Updated: 14 May 2024Clinic resources
Vaccines and medicines: availability, supply, shortages and use of unlicensed medicines
Information for health professionals on availability of vaccines and use of unlicensed products
Updated: 17 October 2022
The green book travel chapters
UK Health Security Agency Immunisation against infectious disease, the 'green book' travel chapter updates
Updated: 06 February 2024
Educational events
A list of courses, conferences and study days of relevance to UK health professionals working, or wishing to work, in the field of travel medicine
Updated: 14 March 2017
