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Travel Health
Travel Advice
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Entry requirements
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Laws and customs
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Itinerary
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Luggage and security
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​Language and translation
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Money
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Health and Safety​​
Travel Advice
When travelling abroad it is important to research the country you are travelling to and any entry requirements, prohibited items, local laws and customs to prevent refusal of entry, visa cancellation or imprisionment.
Often when travelling advice is available for what can be carried on the plane (cabin and cargo) and prohibited items to take into a country or bring back to your country, it is also important to check requirements if stopping in other countries.
Ensure luggage is not left unattended and is "tamper proof" to prevent stolen luggage, items or luggage tampering, this also includes carry on luggage when using the toilet or moving around the plane.
When travelling to a country where English is not the first language, travellers shoud ensure they have a way to communicate with boarder security, locals and other authorities while visiting if they are not travelling with a tour guide or interprtor.
When travelling to a forign country it is important to check the currency, exchange rate and decide how much to exchange before departing and how much is needed for the duration of travel.
Health and travel insurance should be considered and is extremely valuable in the event of accidents and emergencies (medical and natural disasters), also antiembolic stockings should be considered for at risk people for the duration of the flight.
Food & Vector Borne Illnesses
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Traveler's diarrhoea
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Hepatitis A
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Cholera
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Dengue fever
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Malaria
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Zika
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Chikungunya
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Typhoid
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Yellow Fever
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Japanese encephalitis
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Rabies
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Tetanus
Food & Vector Borne Illnesses
Food hygiene practices vary between countries and travellers should be aware of high risk foods, food preparation methods and water sources when overseas. Poor food hygiene practices and contaminated foods or water (including ice) can have negative short term and long term impacts which may vary from person to person.
People travelling to countries with high risk vector borne diseases (mosquitos) should ensure they pack and wear appropriate clothing and body covering accessories and use appropriate repelants and netting to prevent bites and vector borne diseases.
People travelling to countries where rabies is common or plan activities involving risk for wild monkey or other animal bites (and/or scratches for tetanus) should avoid exposure to animals with high risk for bites, scratches or "attacks".
Vaccine Preventable Diseases
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Hepatitis A and B
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Typhoid
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Rabies
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Tuberculosis
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Japanese Encephalitis
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Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella
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Influenza, Covid and RSV
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Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Polio
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Yellow Fever​​
Vaccine Preventable Diseases
There are a number of vaccine preventable diseases and depending on the area of travel this will impact com pulsory and recommended immunisations, some immunisations require a minimum schedule or time period to become "protected" and not all offer life long immunity.
Keeping an up to date vaccine record is important to ensure current and valid evidence is available for vaccine history and helps to identify when booster shots are due, if you do not have a current copy you can access your AIR record online.
For people unsure if they have been vaccinated or have acquired immunity through previous infections as a child can perform pathology tests to identify immune status for some vaccine preventable diseases.
Current Outbreaks
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Endemics
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Pandemics
Current Outbreaks
Current outbreaks can be isolated to a specific area or country (endemics) or a global outbreak (pandemic).
Current endemic and pandemic information can be access online through World Health organisation (WHO), Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Smart Traveller.
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