Travel Health Nursing

Preventing malaria in travellers: an overview

Review

Advising travellers who have special risks

Travellers may have specific medical risks that put them at greater risk of illness; advice and interventions may need adjusting to meet their needs.

Travel risk assessment and risk management

Tailored advice given during travel health consultations can help people to make informed choices about risk-management strategies.

Raising awareness of the risk of sexually transmitted infection among overseas travellers

A significant proportion of STIs in the UK are contracted abroad. Travel health consultations offer an ideal opportunity to advise people on how to cut their risks 

UK Malaria cases increasing as travellers ignore prophylaxis

Research shows that members of migrant families visiting friends and relatives in Africa and Asia need to be targeted for malaria prophylaxis. Ingrid Torjesen finds out why

Older people more likely to die from catching malaria

31-Mar-2012

Older tourists who have visited a malaria-infected country are much more likely to die from the disease than younger patients, according to a study in the BMJ.

Warning over malaria symptoms

9-May-2011 | By The Press Association

Malaria symptoms should not be mixed up with those of common flu, campaigners have warned.

UK malaria cases up almost a third in two years

26-Apr-2011 | By The Press Association

Cases of malaria in the UK have risen by almost a third in two years, according to the latest figures from the Health Protection Agency.

Have a question about your practice?

3-Apr-2011

Do you have a burning question about clinical care? Is there a practice or procedure that you would like an expert view on?

Travel health charity issues cycling challenge

2-Feb-2011

London-based medical charity InterHealth is encouraging nurses and others to take part in a cycling challenge to help support its work around the world.