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Latest News and Updates from the TRAVAX Team

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Changes to Colombia Malaria Map and Advice

24 January 2017

The malaria advice and map for Colombia has recently been updated. This was following consideration by ...

*SCOTTISH* Yellow Fever Vaccination Centre Annual Vaccine Utilisation Returns for 2016

16 January 2017

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) would like to request that all designated Scottish Yellow Fever Vaccination ...

GSK Supply of Typhoid Vaccines

16 January 2017

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have anticipated supply issues of their Typherix (typhoid) and Hepatyrix (hep A ...

Female Genital Mutilation: RCN Guidance for Travel Health Services

20 December 2016

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM) for professionals ...

Changes to Pakistan and Nicaragua Malaria Map and Advice

20 December 2016

The malaria advice and maps for Pakistan and Nicaragua have recently been updated. These were considered ...

Updated Travel Health Guidance for School Groups

20 December 2016

In recent years there has been an increase in school excursions overseas to countries where health hazards ...

WHO publishes World Malaria Report 2016

13 December 2016

The World Health Organisation (WHO), have today published their World Malaria Report 2016. The report ...

Important Message for the Christmas and New Year Period 2016/17

05 December 2016

We would like to inform all TRAVAX® users that the telephone support line, (normally available Monday ...

Rabies Vaccine Supply in UK

02 December 2016

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has reported that they will be out of stock of Rabipur in December 2016 until the ...

TRAVAX Cruise Travel Advice Updated

28 November 2016

The advice on TRAVAX for Cruise Travel has recently been reviewed and updated. Health Protection Scotland ...

Revised Guidance on Reducing Sexual Transmission of Zika

25 November 2016

(This is the most current advice and updates the news item of 29 July 2016) In May 2015, Brazil ...

WHO Declare Zika Virus No Longer a PHEIC

21 November 2016

The fifth meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee (EC)under the International Health Regulations (2005) ...

New Immunocompromised Section on TRAVAX

11 November 2016

One of the most common queries the International Travel and Health Team (Travax) is asked, is how to ...

Travel Health Career and Competence Survey

10 November 2016

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) are currently conducting a survey on the views and experience health ...

24 October 2016 is World Polio Day

24 October 2016

Polio is a disease caused by a virus that can cause total paralysis in under 1% of those infected; it ...

Update on Supply of BCG Vaccine in UK (Update)

05 October 2016

InterVax BCG Vaccine Availability The BCG vaccine supplied by InterVax Ltd and manufactured by BB-NCIPD ...

Changes to Thailand Malaria Map and Advice

29 September 2016

The malaria advice and map for Thailand has recently been updated. This was considered by the Scottish ...

28 September 2016 is World Rabies Day

14 September 2016

The 10th World Rabies Day (WRD) will take place on the 28 of September, the anniversary of the death ...

Changes to Laos and Myanmar Malaria Maps and Advice

30 August 2016

The malaria advice and maps for Laos and Myanmar have recently been updated. These countries were considered ...

Cyclospora Risk for Travellers to Mexico (Update)

15 August 2016

In the UK there have been 265 cases of Cyclospora infection since 1 June 2016 (178 confirmed and 87 ...