HEALTH ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS

  1. Educate yourself about health risks in the country you are visiting.

    2. What are common diseases? What insects are there and what would happen if you were bitten? How can you protect yourself from insect bites?
    The Travel Doctor can suggest educational material that will help you prepare for your trip and your destination.

  2. Immunize yourself to those diseases found in that country.

    3. Your travel medicine doctor should advise you accordingly. The Travel Doctor experts have the latest information and computerized health advisories to inform our patients of all the current diseases and outbreaks in various parts of the world.

  3. Have a fun and productive visit, but be careful.

    4. Remember that the health care facilities Canadians take for granted, like well-equipped hospitals and emergency room facilities may not be the norm in other countries. Even rudimentary health care facilities may be hundreds of miles away, or non-existant. Also, things may not always be necessarily safe in other countries. Canadians expect the government to regulate the safety of vehicles, boats, and other equipment. In many other countries, there is no government regulation.

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