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Advice for Travelers

What is TREB? The New Travel Risk Estimator

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The Travel Risk Estimator for Business travelers (TREB) is a new online calculator. It is envisioned as a tool,

Stay safe outdoors

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If your travel plans include outdoor activities, take these steps to stay safe and healthy during your trip.

Keep away from animals

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Most animals avoid people, but they may attack if they feel threatened, are protecting their young or territory, or if they are injured or ill.

Select safe transportation

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Motor vehicle crashes are the #1 killer of healthy citizens in foreign countries.

Reduce your exposure to germs

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Follow these tips to avoid getting sick or spreading illness to others while traveling:

Prevent Bug Bites

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Bugs (including mosquitoes, ticks, and some flies) can spread diseases (including Zika, dengue, and Lyme disease), many of which cannot be prevented or treated with a vaccine or medicine.

Maintain personal security

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Use the same common sense traveling overseas that you would at home, and always stay alert and aware of your surroundings.
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Know how to get medical care while traveling

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Plan for how you will get health care during your trip, should the need arise:

Eat and drink safely

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Unclean food and water can cause travelers' diarrhea and other diseases. Reduce your risk by sticking to safe food and water habits.
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Avoid sharing body fluids

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Diseases such as HIV infection and hepatitis B, can be spread through body fluids, such as saliva, blood, vomit, and semen.
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Zika virus: Things you need to know

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Zika virus is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys through a monitoring network of sylvatic yellow fever. It was subsequently identified in humans in 1952 in Uganda and Tanzania.

Coping with Jet Lag

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Our biological clock is usually synchronised with local time so that we feel hungry in the morning and sleepy in the evening.

Jet lag is a common condition that sometimes occurs after long distance flights. It is the result of your body finding it difficult to adjust to a new time zone.

Yellow Fever & Travel

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Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes in parts of Africa and South America. Vaccination is safe and effective and is a legal requirement for people travelling through infected areas. Avoiding mosquito bites is also recommended to reduce the risk of catching yellow fever or other mosquito-borne diseases.


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