The Travel Clinic Ltd

Date: 19/06/08

Over-confident British overlook travel jabs - more news from The Travel Clinic

Complacent Britons are putting their health at risk by travelling abroad without the recommended travel vaccinations. Recent research has revealed that the British public is not as clued up about the required vaccinations as they think they are.

Although nearly half the respondents surveyed by online health-focused research company Opinion Health claimed to be well informed about the vaccinations needed to travel abroad, many subsequently failed to demonstrate critical knowledge on the various requirements.

Only 46 per cent were aware that a rabies vaccination is necessary in Asia, despite the fact that the disease is a major killer in

India

.

Even though more people die from tuberculosis (TB) in Africa than any other world region, only half of respondents knew that a TB vaccination is required when travelling on the continent.

And half of respondents insisted that a yellow fever vaccination was needed to travel to Asia, despite there being no risk.

Worldwide outbreaks over the past six weeks

18/06/08: Cholera in Sudan and Afghanistan
16/06/08: Mumps in Canada; Poliomyelitis in Niger, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Angola and Central African Republic

12/06/08: Lassa fever in Nigeria
11/06/08: Dengue fever in Yemen and Thailand;Leptispirosis in Sri Lanka; Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Turkey
06/06/08: Dengue fever in Brazil ; Ebola haemorrhagic fever (suspected) in Congo DR
03/06/08: Dengue fever in Kiribati; Diarrhoea in Turkey; Cholera in Pakistan; Cholera in Zambia (
02/06/08: Hand, foot and mouth disease in China
30/05/08: Chikungunya fever in Indonesia (Sulawesi); Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Russia (Southern Federal District); Hepatitis E in Uganda
27/05/08: Chikungunya fever in India (Karnataka) Dengue fever in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City); Schistosomiasis in Madagascar; Avian Influenza (human) in Bangladesh
23/05/08: Yellow fever in Central African Republic
21/05/08: Measles in London ; Chikungunya in India (Karnataka)
20/05/08 Dengue fever in Philippines
19/05/08: Cholera in Myanmar Hand foot and mouth disease in China (Macao) and Mongolia; Measles in Spain
14/05/08: Dengue fever in Indonesia (East Kalimantan); Hand foot and mouth disease in Mongolia; Earthquake in China
09/05/08: Hand foot and mouth disease in China Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Turkey; Mumps in the United Kingdom
07/05/08: Yellow fever in Peru (update); Tropical cyclone in Myanmar
06/05/08: Rabies in Argentina; Hand foot and mouth disease in Malaysia (Sarawak), Singapore and China (update); Chikungunya in Indonesia (Java)
01/05/08: Dengue fever in Thailand, Malaysia and Brazil; Chikungunya fever in Sri Lanka; Hand, foot and mouth disease in China; Rabies in France

For more information: www.travelclinic.ltd.uk

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