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Latest News and Updates from the TRAVAX Team

New NHS Organisational Structures in England and Patient Group Directions

04 March 2013

Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England will no longer operate as of 1 April 2013. PCTs are being replaced ...

David Livingstone Bicentenary Symposium

04 March 2013

Celebrating & Learning from David Livingstone TUESDAY 19TH MARCH 2013 The Royal College of Physicians ...

World Health Organization Tuberculosis Incidence Rates 2011

26 February 2013

The World Health Organization has published the estimated tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates worldwide ...

*SCOTTISH* Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre Annual Vaccine Utilisation Returns for 2012

31 January 2013

Since posting a previous News item on 14 Jan 2013, requesting submission of annual returns from Scottish ...

Updated Yellow Fever Vaccination Recommendations Maps

23 January 2013

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated both the Africa and the Americas yellow fever vaccination ...

Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine in 2013

24 December 2012

The 13th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM13) is being held on 19-23 ...

Interruption to Supply of Typhoid and Hepatitis A/Typhoid Vaccines (Update)

13 December 2012

In January 2012, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced an interruption to the supply of Typherix® (Vi polysaccharide ...

Interruption to Supply of Typhoid and Hepatitis A/Typhoid Vaccines (Update)

05 December 2012

In January 2012, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced an interruption to the supply of Typherix® (Vi polysaccharide ...

Updated Malaria Advice for Travellers to India

03 December 2012

Changes to the malaria advice and malaria map for India are published on TRAVAX and fitfortravel today. ...

Interruption to Supply of Typhoid and Hepatitis A/Typhoid Vaccines (Update)

20 November 2012

In January 2012, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced an interruption to the supply of Typherix® (Vi polysaccharide ...

Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate Requirements in Australia

16 November 2012

The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing has amended the yellow fever vaccination certificate ...

Dengue Fever in Madeira (Portugal) (Update)

07 November 2012

New cases of dengue fever continue to be reported from the island of Madeira since the outbreak was first ...

Recommendations for the Practice of Travel Medicine

07 November 2012

Travel Medicine has emerged as a distinct entity over the last two decades in response to a very substantial ...

Updated Advice on Pertussis Vaccination for Grandparents

05 November 2012

In light of ongoing pertussis outbreaks in several countries around the world and the introduction of ...

Changes to Kenya and Ethiopia Malaria Maps

30 October 2012

We have recently updated the malaria maps for both Kenya and Ethiopia to expand the area where chemoprophylaxis ...

Rabies Vaccine Shortage (Update)

29 October 2012

In response to the ongoing shortage of rabies vaccines in the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products ...

Rabies Vaccine Shortage (Update)

12 October 2012

This is an update to the ongoing shortage of rabies vaccine in the UK. Rabies Vaccine BP® (Sanofi Pasteur ...

Typhim Vi® (Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine) Vaccine Recall (Update)

11 October 2012

This News Item updates and clarifies the TRAVAX news item on 10 October 2012. The advice from the MHRA ...

Typhoid risk assessment

10 October 2012

With respect to travellers who have been previouslyvaccinated with one of the potentiallysub-optimal ...

Typhim Vi® (Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine) Vaccine Recall

08 October 2012

Sanofi Pasteur MSD is recalling the 16 batches of Typhim Vi® (Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine) listed ...