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Travel-related occupational health helps employees, contractors, volunteers and self-employed professionals prepare safely for overseas work. It considers the traveller’s health, destination, job duties, vaccinations, malaria risk, medicines and access to healthcare. Good preparation can prevent illness, protect wellbeing and reduce avoidable disruption during an international assignment.
Travelling abroad for work involves more than booking…
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Malaria is not confined to Africa. Travellers may also face risk in parts of Asia, Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the Pacific. Because risk can vary within the same country, travellers should obtain itinerary-specific advice, prevent mosquito bites and take prescribed antimalarial medicine correctly.
Malaria is often associated with…