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Useful Resources
Useful Internet Sites
| Foreign & Commonwealth Office .... | www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo |
| NHS travel site ............................ | www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk |
| Travel information site ................. | www.travelhealth.co.uk |
| Department of Health .................. | www.dh.gov.uk |
| Immunisation issues ................... | www.immunisation.nhs.uk |
| Malaria for the general public ....... | www.malariahotspots.co.uk |
| Lonely Planet guide books & advice | www.lonelyplanet.com |
| Centre for Disease Control ........... | www.cdc.gov/travel (US-based site) |
Useful Books
Travellers' Health - How to stay healthy abroad
Devised and edited by Dr Richard Dawood
Oxford University Press. 4th edition 2002. ISBN 0192629476
Bugs Bites and Bowels
by Dr Jane Wilson Howarth
Cadogan Books, London. 2006. ISBN 186011332X
The Rough Guide to Travel Health
by Dr Nick Jones
Rough Guides Ltd. ISBN 1843533243
Everything you need to know before you go - Information and advice for independent travel
by Mark Ashton
Abroadsheet Publications. 3rd Edition 1998. ISBN 0952512823
Suppliers Of Travel Equipment
| Homeway Medical Ltd ................... | 01980 626361 |
| www.travelwithcare.co.uk | |
| MASTA ....................................... | 0113 238 7575 |
| www.masta.org | |
| Nomad ....................................... | 020 8889 7014 |
| www.nomadtravel.co.uk | |
| Trailfinders ................................. | 0207 938 3999 |
| www.trailfinders.co.uk/onestop.htm | |
| Lifesystems ................................ | 01189 811433 |
| www.lifesystems.co.uk |
Insurance Companies
(information taken from www.gapyear.com)
| Sta Travel ................................... | 0800 1 600 599 |
| Visas Australia Company .............. | 01270 626626 |
| Bridge the World ......................... | 0870 444 7474 |
Useful Telephone Numbers
(All these telephone numbers attract a premium rate call charge fee)
| Hospital for Tropical Diseases ....... | 09061 337733 |
| (also run a travel clinic) | |
| Hospital for Tropical Diseases ....... | 09061 991992 |
| (Fax-Back information service) | |
| TRAVAX ...................................... | 0906 550 0059 |
| Malaria Reference Laboratory ........ | 09065 508 908 |
| MASTA ....................................... | 09068 224 100 |
| MASTA ....................................... | 01705 553 933 |
| (for more than 6 destinations) |
Foreign And Commonwealth Office Numbers
| General enquiries ........................ | 020 7270 1500 |
| Consular enquiries ...................... | 020 7008 0218 |
| Travel advice .............................. | 020 7008 0232 / 33 |
| Visa enquiries ............................. | 020 7008 8438 |
The Foreign Office provides a travel advice information service on CEEFAX page 470 (BBC 2).
Worldwide Travel Clinic directories
| International Society of Travel Medicine | www.istm.org |
| American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene | www.astmh.org |