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Latest News and Updates from the TRAVAX Team

Rabies Vaccine Shortage (Update)

17 September 2012

This is an update to the ongoing shortage of rabies vaccine in the UK. Rabipur® (Novartis Vaccines) will ...

RCN Competencies; Travel Health Nursing: Career and Competence development 2012

11 September 2012

On 5 September 2012, the Royal College of Nursing published the 2nd edition of RCN Competencies; Travel ...

The British Global and Travel Health Association (previously BTHA) 2012 conference

31 August 2012

Early bird registration for the annual BGTHA conference on October 6th in Bristol closes soon. The theme ...

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

30 August 2012

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

Rabies Vaccine Shortage

20 August 2012

There is currently a shortage of rabies vaccine in the UK. Rabipur® (Novartis Vaccines) will not be available ...

Updated Guidance on Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

08 August 2012

In July 2012, the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) published updated specialist guidance ...

Cancer Research UK Press Release

24 July 2012

Cancer Research UK has released a press statement which highlights a serious increase in the number of ...

British Behaviour Abroad Report 2011/12

19 July 2012

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has released the annual British Behaviour Abroad Report for 2012. The ...

Travelling During Ramadan

13 July 2012

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is alerting travellers planning to visit an Islamic country ...

New Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine Launched

14 June 2012

A new meningococcal conjugate vaccine has been launched in the UK by Glaxo SmithKline. Nimenrix™ helps ...

Patient Information Leaflet for Vaccines on TRAVAX

14 June 2012

We have made an improvement to the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) table on TRAVAX. The table ...

Neglected Tropical Diseases

22 May 2012

Two new non-vaccine preventable disease records have been added to TRAVAX, Buruli Ulcer and Trachoma. ...

Yellow Fever Updates

14 May 2012

Country pages have been recently updated to reflect WHO 2012 recommendations for Yellow Fever vaccination ...

Malaria Updates

14 May 2012

A review of malaria recommendations for all countries is currently underway - most changes are complete ...

International Travel and Health 2012

30 April 2012

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published the 2012 edition of International Travel and Health. ...

Health Protection Agency Malaria Report

26 April 2012

On World Malaria Day (25 April), the Health Protection Agency (HPA)released a report on malaria infections ...

Webinar on Preparing your Patients for Mass Gatherings

19 April 2012

The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) is launching the first of a new series of educational ...

Availability of Typhim Vi® Typhoid Vaccine (Update)

12 April 2012

Sanofi Pasteur MSD has announced that Typhim Vi® (Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine) is now back in stock. ...

BMJ paper on 'Risk factors for mortality from imported falciparum malaria in the UK over 20 years'.

29 March 2012

This paper, just published in the BMJ, describes risk factors for death from malaria in the UK from 1987 ...

2012 UEFA European Football Championship: Poland and Ukraine

28 March 2012

The UEFA European football championship kicks off in Warsaw (Poland) on 8th June 2012 and has its final ...