Infectious diseases
Chikungunya
This viral infection occurs in some tropical and subtropical regions of the world, predominantly transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito
Updated: 02 February 2018
Cholera
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease usually associated with poverty, poor sanitation and inadequate access to clean drinking water
Updated: 26 March 2024
Travellers' diarrhoea
Following advice on food and water hygiene is sensible, but travellers should always be prepared to manage the symptoms of travellers' diarrhoea
Updated: 30 January 2024Preparing for healthy travel
- Diseases transmitted by insects and ticks in Europe
- Diseases transmitted by insects and ticks in 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
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 2024
Travel Insurance
Travellers must declare medical conditions when taking out travel insurance to ensure they are suitably covered
Updated: 26 September 2019
Sun protection
Enjoy the sun safely - limit your sun exposure, protect your skin and eyes to avoid damage from the sun’s ultra violet rays
Updated: 24 October 2018Special risk travel/traveller
- Altitude illness
- Areas of humanitarian crisis
- Asplenia and hyposplenia
- Breastfeeding and bottle feeding
- Children
- Coagulation disorders
- Cruises
- Diabetes
- Flooding
- Hajj and Umrah
- HIV and AIDS
- Immunosuppression
- Kidney (renal) conditions
- Liver conditions
- Neurological conditions
- Older travellers
- Pregnancy
- Respiratory conditions
- Rheumatology conditions
- Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia
- Supporting travellers with obesity
- Travel and mental health
- Travelling for treatment (medical tourism)
- Travelling to visit friends and relatives
- Travelling with additional needs and/or disability
- Volcanoes
- Wildfires and industrial fires
Sickle cell disease and thalassaemia
Information on pre-travel preparation, tips to stay health abroad and links to useful resources for travellers with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia
Updated: 19 February 2021
Rheumatology conditions
Travel health advice for travellers and health professionals
Updated: 30 June 2021
Areas of humanitarian crisis
For humanitarian aid workers and those advising those travelling to areas of conflict or disaster
Updated: 05 December 2019Clinic resources
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
'Getting to Grips...' online events and video guides
Online guides and webinar sessions for health professionals interested in travel health
Updated: 21 January 2024
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
