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Advice for travelers: Prevention of infectious and tropical diseases

 


Traveling to tropical areas can expose you to health problems or illnesses caused by this

 type of weather.

• Food and drinking water hygiene.

• Climate and environment (sunlight, heat, altitude, extreme cold, etc.) Animal bites or insect stings, etc.)

• Infectious diseases (malaria, hepatitis, dengue fever, typhoid fever, yellow fever, etc.).

This is a good opportunity for health checks and vaccination checks that are required or recommended by official institutions in the country you will be traveling to. This updated information will help you consider additional vaccinations and appropriate specialized treatment.



Prevention to avoid tropical diseases

Before leaving

When traveling abroad, especially in a different environment from where you normally live. There are criteria you should consider:

Assess the risks of the country you will travel to.

Conditions and duration of stay

• The traveller's age, general health and physical condition.

It is important to know before your trip (1-2 months ago) what vaccinations you will need.

Vaccination and specific treatment of tropical diseases

   Vaccination helps travelers avoid some dangerous serious diseases and also protects the local population from the risk of epidemics. Travel is a good opportunity to check out the mandatory vaccination cycle. It is also a vaccination that is recommended by experts in your country and abroad. This includes vaccinations against diphtheria, tetanus, and poliomyelitis (DTP), and also against yellow fever. In some African countries, Set it as a condition for entering the territory. (Even if the traveler is only passing through the airport)


     This vaccine must be included in the international vaccination manual issued by a center approved by the Ministry of Public Health. Each type of vaccination is associated with specific health risks in the country being visited. The main diseases that are reported and warrant vaccination include yellow fever (or vaccination against amarilla), Japanese encephalitis. tick-borne encephalitis Meningitis, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid fever, rabies, seasonal influenza (very necessary, especially in high-risk groups: chronically ill, the elderly, etc.)

Hygienic food

The following food hygiene measures are recommended to prevent diarrhea. of travelers or tourists for hepatitis A, amoeba

- Wash your hands often with soap.

Drink only sealed bottled water, Pasteurized milk

- Eat cooked food,avoid overnight meals


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