Latest travel health news
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Outbreak of Mpox clade 1b in East Africa - and vaccine availability for returning healthcare workers
SEP 11, 2024
How to access Mpox vaccine for returning health care workers to East Africa -
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New WHO position paper on dengue vaccines - May 2024
MAY 31, 2024
WHO recommends use of Qdenga for high-risk travellers from ages 6 to 60 to countries with a high risk of dengue transmission. Pre-vaccination blood testing not required but might help inform assessment of risks vs. benefits. -
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New JCVI guidance on Qdenga dengue vaccine
APR 15, 2024
Trying to make sense of the JCVI’s new guidance on Qdenga in travellers -
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UK-wide shortage of rabies vaccine (yet again)
DEC 28, 2023
Extraordinary measures introduced to manage current shortage of rabies vaccine -
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COVID (PCR) tests for travel purposes
MAR 31, 2022
PCR and other diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19; fit-to-fly letters. Prices, process and caveats. QR codes for African countries, Oman, Dubai -
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Omicron: impact on travellers and early data from South Africa…
DEC 09, 2021
Impact of Omicron on travellers to/from Scotland, new temporary restrictions. Promising early data from South Africa. Lessons to be learned from prolonged Red List hotel quarantine policy in 2021. -
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COVID-19 vaccination certificates for travel purposes
OCT 22, 2021
How to get proof of COVID vaccination status for travel purposes in Scotland -
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Rift Valley Fever outbreak reported in Kenya
FEB 23, 2021
Rift Valley Fever outbreak reported in two counties in Central and NE Kenya -
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New WHO/SAGE recommendations for rabies vaccination
JUL 23, 2020
New WHO and SAGE working group on Rabies recommendations from 2017 have been selectively implemented in the UK -
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End of ebolavirus disease (EVD) outbreak in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
JUN 30, 2020
End of ebola outbreak in Eastern Congo (DRC). Different ebolavirus outbreak ongoing in Northern DRC. -
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Another case of rabies from Philippines in a traveller
JUN 04, 2020
Another travel-related rabies case from the Philippines -
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Outbreak of falciparum malaria on Zanzibar island
JAN 28, 2020
Reemergence of falciparum malaria on Zanzibar island -
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Fourth European case of rabies in 2019 reported
DEC 18, 2019
Four cases of rabies reported in European travellers in 2019 -
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HPV vaccine now available on the NHS for boys entering S1
AUG 25, 2019
Boys entering S1 in 2019 will now be offered HPV vaccine routinely on the NHS -
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Norwegian traveller dies from rabies after rescuing puppy in Philippines
JUL 30, 2019
Norwegian traveller dies from rabies caught from a puppy in Philippines -
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Revised Scottish and UK guidelines on prevention of Congenital Zika Syndrome
MAR 10, 2019
The recommended wait time before conceiving after travel to a zika infected country has reduced for men from 6 to 3 months. -
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British traveller dies from rabies after cat bite in Morocco
NOV 13, 2018
Latest British traveller death from rabies -
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Update on shortages of hepatitis A and B vaccines
OCT 16, 2018
Hepatitis A and B national vaccine shortages are now both over.
