Update: UK Health Security Agency and NaTHNaC have reviewed and updated country-specific Zika information and prevention advice
Based on this review, three main risk categories now exist: risk; very low risk and negligible risk. Details again are available via TravelHealthPro or UKHSA. Travellers who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, or have [...]
Update: UK Health Security Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK
On 16 January 2024, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention (ACMP) published updated malaria prevention guidelines for travellers from the UK. Details by country are available through TravelHealthPro/ NaTHNaC. Guidance on [...]
Dengue Fever Barbados and Wider Caribbean
We have had a direct report regarding Dengue, and the outbreak is now reported within TravelHealthPro. Many local travellers in Surrey visit the region this time of the year. Most people if infected with dengue [...]
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a vaccine-preventable viral disease that occurs in some countries of central, eastern, and northern Europe and across Russia to parts of eastern Asia. TBE is spread mostly by the bite of [...]
France 2023 Rugby World Cup – Friday 8 September to Saturday 28 October 2023
France is a safe place to travel in and enjoyed by many British travellers throughout the year.World Cup Rugby should be thoroughly enjoyed but do take care to follow some or all the travel health [...]
Malaria 2022
Malaria is a potentially serious parasitic infection transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. Most reported cases of malaria in the UK involve travel to Africa, mainly West Africa. In 2019, fifteen fatal malaria [...]