Ebola in West Africa — is it finished? After more than 28,000 cases and approximately 11–12,000 deaths in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and after herculean efforts to control the disease and…
MERS Coronavirus in South Korea — What’s the deal? Over 20,000 tourists have cancelled trips to South Korea. How come? And the government has closed more than 1,850 schools nationwide due to parental…
Sitata issued its 10,000th health and safety alert for travelers On March 1, 2015, Sitata issued its 10,000th health and safety alert for travellers. Since it’s founding in 2012, Sitata…
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…
Be Careful When Eating Ice In India While Travelling There are reports of an increase in cases of jaundice (hepatitis), typhoid fever and diarrhoea in Chennai. A major source of…
Ebola in West Africa — What’s Going On at the Start of 2015? The Ebola epidemic continues in the three affected countries in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone). Sierra Leone continues…
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…
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…
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…
Can We Realistically Stop Infectious Diseases at the Border? Everyone is pretty concerned about the possible spread of Ebola virus around the world, especially with the news of cases in Texas,…
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