Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The Pre-Travel Consultation
Self-Treatable Conditions
Counseling & Advice for Travelers
- Food & Water Precautions
- Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers’ Diarrhea—It’s Not Only WHAT You Eat & Drink">Perspectives: Prevention of Travelers’ Diarrhea—It’s Not Only WHAT You Eat & Drink
- Water Disinfection for Travelers
- Food Poisoning from Marine Toxins
- Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods
- Sun Exposure
- Problems with Heat & Cold
- Injury Prevention
- Safety & Security
- Animal-Associated Hazards
- Natural Disasters
- Environmental Hazards
- Scuba Diving
- Medical Tourism
- Discussing Complementary or Alternative Health Approaches with Travelers
- Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism
- Mental Health
- Travel Health Kits
- Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Counterfeit Drugs">Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Quality & Counterfeit Drugs
- Obtaining Health Care Abroad for the Ill Traveler
- Travel Insurance, Travel Health Insurance, & Medical Evacuation Insurance
Chapter 4
Select Destinations
Africa
The Americas & The Caribbean
Asia
The Middle East & North Africa
Chapter 5
Post-Travel Evaluation
Chapter 6
Conveyance & Transportation Issues
Chapter 7
International Travel with Infants & Children
Chapter 8
Advising Travelers with Specific Needs
- Travelers with Chronic Illnesses
- Pregnant Travelers
- Travelers with Disabilities
- Immigrants Returning Home to Visit Friends & Relatives (VFRs)
- Health Care Workers
- Advice for Air Crews
- Humanitarian Aid Workers
- Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates
- Perspectives: Malaria in Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates">Perspectives: Malaria in Long-Term Travelers & Expatriates
- Last-Minute Travelers
- Special Considerations for US Military Deployments
- Study Abroad & Other International Student Travel
- Travel to Mass Gatherings
- Newly Arrived Immigrants & Refugees
- Immunocompromised Travelers