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Health Advice for Travellers
Swiss Expert Committee for Travel Medicine

 

Health Advice for Travellers
Swiss Expert Committee for Travel Medicine

 

Health Advice for Travellers
Swiss Expert Committee for Travel Medicine

The Swiss Expert Committee for Travel Medicine (ECTM) - a body of the Swiss Society for Tropical and Travel Medicine (FMH) - has revamped the Safetravel® website and renamed it to HealthyTravel.ch. The website continues to offer basic travel medicine recommendations for laypersons free of charge. Professionals can also subscribe to additional travel medicine information and recommendations such as in-depth country-specific information, vaccination recommendations with expert opinions, detailed maps (including malaria recommendations), fact sheets (including e.g. dosage information for malaria prophylaxis) and other important travel medicine content. These can be used during travel medicine consultation of patients and clients and can be individually compiled for the traveller, printed out or sent electronically.

 

The recommendations and content on HealthyTravel.ch reflect the recommendations of the Swiss Expert Committee for Travel Medicine. They are developed in cooperation with the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). The website is under construction and will be continuously expanded with additional content and updates. Please note that all content available on the website HealthyTravel.ch is protected by copyright and may not be passed on to third parties.

 

Further information can be found in the flyer (LINK). The Swiss Expert Committee for Travel Medicine will be happy to answer any questions at info@healthytravel.ch !

ECTM_Flyer_HealthyTravel_PRO_EN_October_2022.pdf

The Philippine Department of Health reports the death of 55 persons from rabies by 25 February 2023.
Avoid contact with animals (never feed them!). After an animal bite/scratch, wash the wound with running water and soap for 15 minutes, disinfect and in any case consult a high-quality medical facility (post-exposure vaccination), see also factsheet rabies. For long-term travelers and travelers with increased individual risk (travel with two-wheelers, to remote areas, long-term stays, small children, work with animals, cave explorers, etc.) a pre-exposure vaccination before the stay (2 injections and a booster after 1 year) is recommended.
Outbreak News Today, 12.3.2023
Between the end of November 2022 and mid-March 2023, a total of 690 measles cases, including one death, were reported from seven districts in western Nepal. Almost half of the cases were from Banke district in Lumbini province, which borders India. The majority of cases involved children under the age of 15.
Measles is very contagious! A trip offers an ideal opportunity to check the protection against measles (2x vaccinated or passed measles disease) and if necessary to update the vaccination protection. This is especially important during humanitarian missions.
Outbreak News Today, 15.3.2023

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