Health Professionals

Clinical Updates

Travel medicine is a dynamic discipline and as such it is important that health professionals keep up to date.

Clinical Updates are designed for this purpose and include regular reports on outbreaks of disease, vaccine supply issues, and detail recommended changes in advice and practice. The most recent Clinical Updates are listed below.

Health professionals can find further outbreak information from:

Clinical Updates

17 July 2008

Avian influenza in birds - update

11 July 2008

Marburg haemorrhagic fever in a traveller to Uganda

4 July 2008

Advice for summer travel

27 June 2008

Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever in Turkey and Russia

20 June 2008

Polio update and the current situation in Nigeria

19 June 2008

Outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul in the United States

17 June 2008

Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China 2008 – advice for travellers

5 June 2008

Enterovirus in Asia - Update

30 May 2008

Avian influenza (H5N1) - Human cases in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Egypt

21 May 2008

Yellow fever in South America - changes in recommendations for Argentina and Ecuador

14 May 2008

Change in malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations: Costa Rica, South Africa and Viet Nam and updated recommendations for Goa

14 May 2008

Earthquake in China - advice for relief workers and other travellers to affected areas

7 May 2008

Enterovirus in Asia

7 May 2008

Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar – advice for relief workers and other travellers to affected areas

2 May 2008

UEFA Championship League final in Moscow - advice for travellers

28 April 2008

Canine rabies in France - loss of rabies free status

25 April 2008

Road traffic accidents during international travel - reducing the risk

25 April 2008

Malaria imported into the United Kingdom in 2007

25 April 2008

Dengue activity update

18 April 2008

Plasmodium falciparum malaria from Great Exuma, Bahamas

16 April 2008

Advice for travellers to the UEFA Euro 2008 Championships

16 April 2008

Avian influenza (H5N1) - human cases in Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Viet Nam

14 April 2008

Yellow fever in South America - Update

7 April 2008

Dengue in Brazil

19 March 2008

Influenza in Hong Kong, China

19 March 2008

Enteric fever in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

17 March 2008

Avian influenza in birds - update

12 March 2008

Avian influenza (H5N1) - human cases in China, Egypt and Viet Nam

7 March 2008

Typhoid fever in the Philippines

4 March 2008

Canine rabies in France

29 February 2008

Yellow fever in South America - Changes to vaccination recommendations for travellers to Argentina

25 February 2008

Avian influenza (H5N1) - human cases in China, Indonesia and Viet Nam

22 February 2008

Yellow fever in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay: Changes to yellow fever vaccination recommendations for Paraguay

13 February 2008

Yellow fever in Brazil - update

8 February 2008

Yellow fever in Paraguay

25 January 2008

Changes in yellow fever certificate requirements for Costa Rica and Bolivia

18 January 2008

Dengue fever and chikungunya virus activity

17 January 2008

Yellow fever in Brazil

14 January 2008

Avian influenza H5N1in Dorset, United Kingdom

4 January 2008

Avian influenza (H5N1) - human cases in Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Viet Nam

Archives

2007 July - December Clinical Updates

2007 January - June Clinical Updates

2006 July - December Clinical Updates

2006 January  - June Clinical Updates

2005 July - December Clinical Updates

2005 January - June Clinical Updates

2004 Clinical Updates

2003 Clinical Updates