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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 ...

MHRA Drug Alert - Rabies Vaccine (Rabipur®)

21 March 2012

Novartis Vaccines has informed the MHRA about a potential problem with the packaging ofsyringes supplied ...

SCOTTISH Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre Annual Vaccine Utilisation Returns for 2011

02 March 2012

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) would like to remind the few remaining Scottish Yellow Fever Vaccination ...

WHO Influenza Vaccine Recommendations - 2012-2013 Influenza Season

29 February 2012

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its influenza vaccine recommendations for the northern ...

Diphtheria Recommendations Updated on TRAVAX

27 February 2012

The TRAVAX team have just completed a systematic review of diphtheria recommendations (October 2011 – ...

New and Updated TRAVAX Pages

20 February 2012

The Helminth Infection page on TRAVAXhas been reviewed and completely updated. A new Tapeworm Infectionpage ...

Reminder - Change to Telephone Helpline Hours

17 February 2012

We would like to remind TRAVAX users of a change to the times that the travel health telephone helpline ...

Oral Typhoid Vaccine and Other Live Vaccines

16 February 2012

The TRAVAX helpline is receiving some enquiries regarding the use of the live oral typhoid vaccine Vivotif® ...

Tetanus Recommendations Updated on TRAVAX

15 February 2012

The TRAVAX team have just completed a systematic review of tetanus recommendations (October 2011 – February ...

Legionnaires' Disease in Spain

07 February 2012

The Spanish public health authorities have reported an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease among residents ...

4th Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine 2012

01 February 2012

Early Bird Registration for NECTM 4 in Dublin 6-8 June 2012, will close on 22nd March. Those wishing ...

Malaria Transmission and Prevention Measures in Europe

24 January 2012

A recent consultation called by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) brought ...

Interruption to Supply of Typhoid and Hepatitis A/Typhoid Vaccines

20 January 2012

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced that Typherix® (Vi polysaccharide typhoid vaccine) and Hepatyrix® ...