CDC links
CDC links to other resources

CDC Travel Information home page
Includes link to PDF version of CDC Yellow Book

Health Canada Travel Medicine
Canadian Government advice & resources

NHS Scotland Fit For Travel website (SCIEH)
NHS country-by-country guides, with malaria maps

WHO (World Health Organization) home page
Links to massive network of WHO site and disease information

CDC Blue sheet
CDC listing of countries infected with yellow fever & other quarantinable diseases

WHO Travel health advice
Includes link to PDF version of CDCYellow Book

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Health in the Americas

World Tourism Organization
Global tourism and travel statistics

New Zealand Ministry of Health

NHS Travax website
Information and resources for health professionals. Registered users only.

Health Information for Overseas Travel (UK Yellow Book)
Official advice for health professionals: authorised access only

Malaria Reference Laboratory - UK
Division of the UK Public Health Laboratory Service - collates and formulates specialist malaria information & advice.

ASTMH Directory of Travel Clinics
Listing of clinics runn by members of the American Society of Tropcal Medicine & Hygiene

Fleet Street Travel Clinic, London
Private clinic website (my own!) with news and links

Lonely Planet Health
Country information, travellers forum, health information

MASTA
Health information plus travel health products

Medicine Planet
Broad-ranging travel health info

SafeTravel Switzerland (French/German)
What the Swiss do: Universites of Zurich / Basel

Shoreland Travel Health On-line
Broad-ranging travel health info

TMVC Australia
Private clinic network, locations in Australia, NZ, South Africa and beyond

Communicable Diseases Australia
Infectious disease news, statistics, and local outbreak reports

Hong Kong Bulletin
Infectious disease news, statistics, and local outbreak reports

Public Health Laboratory Service, UK
Infectious disease news, statistics, and local outbreak reports

SCIEH Weekly Report (Scotland)
This link downloads the latest issue.

U.S. Military - Global Emerging Infections
Surveillance site with links

WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record
WHO weekly report

Scottish Centre for Infection & Environmental Health
Surveillance of communicable diseases and environmental health hazards in Scotland

ProMed
"Unofficial" first reports of outbreaks

WHO EMC Outbreak
WHO outbreak news, usually of confirmed outbreaks

Department of Health, UK
A Strategy for Infectious Diseases

CDC information about Lyme disease

HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Group on AIDS
Guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

Leishmaniasis

More on Leishmaniasis

Leprosy

Lice

Lyme Disease Foundation

Lyme Disease Network

Malaria Foundation

Meningitis

PAAT (Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis) Information System

Pictures of insects

Global Atlas of Infectious Diseases

Trypanosomiasis

WHO Fact Sheets

International Committee of the Red Cross
Landmines, security & safety, international aid & health issues

Medecins Sans Frontieres
International aid, plus mines info

Mines Advisory Group
International Non-Governmental Organisation that assists people affected by landmines

United Nations Childrens' Fund
International aid & health issues

United Nations Development Programme
International aid & health issues

United Nations Fund Population Activities
International aid & health issues

World Bank
International aid & health issues

Transplanted Organs, Organ Theft
Yes, it can happen…

Links to all US Govt health initiatives

Norwegian People's Aid
Mines information – Angola

Dr Koop
Beyond travel medicine: useful resource whilst travelling

Netdoctor
Beyond travel medicine: useful resource whilst travelling

NHS Direct
Beyond travel medicine: useful resource whilst travelling

Virtual Naval Hospital - US Naval Medical Department
Beyond travel medicine: useful resource whilst travelling

BNF (British National Formulary)
Information about medicines; UK guidelines on malaria prevention

Merck
Search the Merck Manual, and the "Health Infopark"

National Electronic Library of Health (UK)
"A digital library for NHS staff, patients and the public"

Flight International Publication covering safety and other aviation issues
Publication covering safety and other aviation issues

Flight Safety Foundation
Flight safety information - publishers of Flight Safety Digest

House of Lords Inquiry / Air travel & Health
Full text online

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

International Civil Aviation Organization
Safety and other issues

Safety data by airline
World Aircraft Accident Summary (WAAS)- Fatal Airline Accident Subset

British Airways
Airline health website with section on in-flight health

DVT Advice from the UK Department of Health
Official Advice from the Department of Health

Divers Alert Network (DAN)
Promotes scuba diving safety. Emergency 24/7 helpline: +1 919 684 8111

Florida Museum of Natural History
Statistics on shark bite

Mediterranean Shark site
Shark information

British Sub-Aqua Club
Dive training and resources

PADI
Dive training and resources

Royal Navy
The Royal Naval Medical Service Web Site

CIWEC Clinic, Nepal
Also covers other health issues in Nepal

High Altitude
Altitude medicine information

General Safety Issues
General accident prevention

International Road Safety
International road safety statistics and pressure group

Links to Injury Prevention websites
Injury prevention

National Lightning Safety Institute
Lightning safety awareness

Spinal Injury Awareness
Injury prevention

Transport Safety / OECD
Transport safety statistics

Suzy Lamplugh Trust
Personal safety advice

IAMAT
Directory of English-speaking doctors worldwide

Association of British Insurers
Check before you go - factsheet and information about insurance

International SOS
Medical assistance and rescue

State Department Medevac Resources List
Information about medical evacuation (US) + Assistance companies

UK Reciprocal Health Agreements

Biopure
Future developments in blood substitutes

WHO Injection Safety site
Information about injection safety

Diabetes UK
Resources for diabetics

American Diabetes Association
Resources for diabetics

Canadian Diabetes Association
Resources for diabetics

Dialysis Abroad
Dialysis worldwide

More on Dialysis Abroad
Dialysis worldwide

Medic-Alert Foundation - UK site
Identification tags for people with allergies & medical conditions

Medic-Alert Foundation International
Identification tags for people with allergies & medical conditions

Mobility International USA
US organization for the disabled

RADAR (Royal Association for Disability & Rehabilitation)
UK organization for the disabled

Diabetes Australia
Resources for diabetics

Diabetes New Zealand
Resources for diabetics

International Diabetes Federation
Links to international diabetes sites

Royal National Institute for the Deaf
Help with Minicom communication

British Epilepsy Association
Epilepsy resources

Epilepsy Foundation of America
Epilepsy resources

Epilepsy Canada
Epilepsy resources

AIDS Eeducation Global Information System (AEGIS)
Resources for travellers with HIV

Council on the Ageing, Australia
Resources for the older traveller

Help the Aged UK
Resources for the older traveller

American Association of Retired Persons
Resources for the older traveller

Jim Lubin
Self-help site with extensive links

Handicapped SCUBA Association
SCUBA diving for the handicapped

Family Planning Association

Toxic Shock Syndrome

UK Pollen Index
Pollen forecasts for the UK

UK National Pollen Research Unit
Provides regional pollen forecasts for the UK from May - August

Hay fever in the USA
Pollen forecasts for all areas of the United States

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

U.K. Consular Information

U.S. State Department Advisories

Central Intelligence Agency Factbook
Updated country-by-country political snapshots

State Department Background Notes
Background country information

AKE
Training for hostile environments - provision of IT security and global physical security audits, information services and executive awareness

Bruhn NewTech
Specialists in hazard prediction warning and reporting software, systems integration and training for both NBC battlefield and civil emergency environments

Centurion
Training company providing practical hostile environments and first aid advice and instruction

Control Risks Group
Private security information & consultancy

Dart Centre Europe (Dart Centre for Journalism & Trauma)
A global resource for journalists who cover violence

INSI (International News Safety Institute)
It aims to help all journalists and support staff work more safely in hostile environments

Kroll Associates
Private security information & consultancy

The National Security Institute
Commercial security intelligence service

National Union of Journalists
An independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the global defense of press freedom

Objective Team
Hostile environment training by ex-SAS, for journalists and high risk travellers

U.S. State Department OSAC
Overseas Advisory Security Council - free security database

Pinkerton Global Intelligence Service
Commercial security intelligence service

Rory Peck Trust
Information to promote safety and security of freelance newsgatherers around the world

Budget Travel Portal
Resources and links for women travellers

Museum of Menstruation
Menstruation through the ages, and around the world

Prisoners Abroad
Support and pressure group

More Conversion Tools
Length or distance

Conversion Tools
Pressure Conversion Tables

Online Medical Dictionary
Help with medical technical terms and jargon!

Gapyear.com
Advice and help for gap year travellers