Travel Advice Blog

Here you can find news and advice on a variety of travel related topics from around the world. Travel advice on things like diseases, high risk travel areas, risks from foreign animals, seasonal travel problems, new risks and issues.

Rabies in Bolivia

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Authorities in Santa Cruz department of Central Bolivia have reported a sharp increase in the numbers of dogs and cats carrying rabies. [...]

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Sleeping sickness in African wildlife parks

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Source: USA Centres for Disease Control & Prevention African sleeping sickness (Trypanosomiasis) has been diagnosed recently in European travellers who visited game [...]

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Whooping cough (pertussis) in Australia

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Australia has experienced an increase in cases of pertussis, and state authorities in Western Australia are warning that they may soon be [...]

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Measles in Ukraine

Monday, March 19th, 2012

There has been a significant rise in the number of cases of measles in the Ukraine. Britain and mainland Europe has seen [...]

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Lyme Disease in the UK

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Checks on dogs at veterinary clinics have revealed that over 14% carried ticks, and some of these ticks were infected with borrelia, [...]

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Swine Flu in Mexico

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Mexico has experienced a large outbreak of swine flu this season. Source: ProMED Travellers to Mexico may wish to consider being vaccinated [...]

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Polio update

Monday, February 27th, 2012

There have been new cases of poliomyelitis reported in Pakistan, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Afghanistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [...]

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Dengue fever in tourist areas – update

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

There has been a marked increase in cases of dengue fever in many areas popular with tourists. These include the Yucatan peninsula [...]

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Malaria in Europe

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Experts have met to consider what action to take following the increase in cases of malaria in Greece over the last few [...]

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Acute encephalitis in India

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

There has been an increase in cases of acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in some states in India, and some of [...]

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