by Madeline Sharpe | Nov 24, 2015 | Travel
7 Ways to Avoid Terrorism and Stay Safe While Travelling Everyone knows that terrorists continue to call for attacks against western interests civilians, police, and governments in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany. But how serious is the...
by Madeline Sharpe | Mar 2, 2015 | Travel
Should You Take Antibiotics for Travellers Diarrhoea? You are travelling and suddenly get a mild to moderate case of diarrhoea. What should you do? Should you take the antibiotic you brought with you? Should you go to a local pharmacy and see what antibiotic you can...
by Madeline Sharpe | Dec 30, 2014 | Travel
Can You Get Dengue Fever on Your Next Trip? According to estimates by the World Health Organization, around 2.5 billion people in over 100 countries are at risk of getting dengue fever. There are an estimated 50 million dengue infections occurring annually across most...
by Madeline Sharpe | Oct 21, 2014 | Travel
What You Need To Know About Pandemics This wonderful infographic was sent to us by our friends at Nursing School Hub. It provides a terrific overview of pandemics and we especially like the history section. Pandemics are infectious diseases that are spreading through...
by Madeline Sharpe | Oct 11, 2014 | Travel
Why Thermal Screening At Borders Is Not Effective If you haven’t read our latest blog post that mentions why passenger screening measures for infectious diseases applied at the border are not that effective, we recommend you do so now. Recently one of our co-founders,...
by Madeline Sharpe | Jul 28, 2014 | Travel
Why You, As A Traveller, Won’t Catch Ebola The Ebola outbreak affecting 3 countries in West Africa is getting a lot of media attention, and perhaps it should since it is the largest epidemic of this disease in history. And it can be highly lethal if you catch it; up...
