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Travel to exotic places is fascinating, and equally so are
infections and other dangers of exotic travel. Moreover, one need not be
traveling to suffer these maladies; sometimes they travel to you. The
enormous global mobility demands a public health response. The result is
the concept of `travel medicine' as a separate discipline. This book
describes the evolution of travel medicine, travel vaccines, malaria
prophylaxis and infections of adventure and leisure.
This book is unique and different to the standard textbooks on travel
medicine. It provides rare insights into many of the behind-the-scenes in
travel medicine, personal stories of failures and successes of travel
medicine practitioners, the 'real life' tales that unravel the science
behind travel medicine. We believe that the best lessons are learned from
personal stories.
Not every travel is fun. Some travel is for a cause, be it religious or
humanitarian, or be it to escape certain political systems. We have added
stories on the tragedies of so-called 'undocumented refugees', and stories
written by colleagues who were involved in humanitarian care. Pilgrimages
attract large number of 'travelers' and yet we know so little about these
pilgrimages. Chapters on the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian
pilgrimages aim to correct this.
Diseases also travel. The spread of global diseases and pandemics is
fascinating. This book provides an overview of the pandemics, in particular
that of cholera, yellow fever, severe acute respiratory syndrome and
influenza. Globalization, migration and health lead to a history of disease
and disparity in the global village - our world. And what about the revised
International Health Regulations- what do we need to know about them in the
context of travel medicine?
In the next millennium, our world will have inherited further global
movement. It may even include travel to aerospace. The 'Epilogue' awakes
some of our old dreams - the last frontier, space travel...
Annelies Wilder-Smith has lived in China, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, New
Zealand, and Switzerland. She is currently based in Singapore from where
she continues to travel extensively throughout Asia. She is the Head of the
Travellers Health ' Vaccination Centre in Singapore, one of the largest
travel clinics in Asia. She was in a unique position to do research on W135
meningococcal disease in Hajj pilgrims during the outbreak. She 'lived
through' the SARS epidemic in Singapore.
Eli Schwartz is the Director of the Center for Geographic Medicine and
Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Eli
is a 'real' tropical medicine specialist. He obtained all his experience in
the field, including Nepal, Tibet, and numerous adventure travels to Africa
where he prefers to do his studies on the sides of the Omo River.
Marc Shaw is a passionate traveler, doctor, actor and observer of fine
humor. His favorite pastime is to be an expedition doctor. This has taken
him to exotic places such as Namibia, Mongolia, Pitcairn Islands, and to
the Amazon. He is the Director of WORLDWIDE Travellers' Health Centres in
New Zealand.
infections and other dangers of exotic travel. Moreover, one need not be
traveling to suffer these maladies; sometimes they travel to you. The
enormous global mobility demands a public health response. The result is
the concept of `travel medicine' as a separate discipline. This book
describes the evolution of travel medicine, travel vaccines, malaria
prophylaxis and infections of adventure and leisure.
This book is unique and different to the standard textbooks on travel
medicine. It provides rare insights into many of the behind-the-scenes in
travel medicine, personal stories of failures and successes of travel
medicine practitioners, the 'real life' tales that unravel the science
behind travel medicine. We believe that the best lessons are learned from
personal stories.
Not every travel is fun. Some travel is for a cause, be it religious or
humanitarian, or be it to escape certain political systems. We have added
stories on the tragedies of so-called 'undocumented refugees', and stories
written by colleagues who were involved in humanitarian care. Pilgrimages
attract large number of 'travelers' and yet we know so little about these
pilgrimages. Chapters on the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian
pilgrimages aim to correct this.
Diseases also travel. The spread of global diseases and pandemics is
fascinating. This book provides an overview of the pandemics, in particular
that of cholera, yellow fever, severe acute respiratory syndrome and
influenza. Globalization, migration and health lead to a history of disease
and disparity in the global village - our world. And what about the revised
International Health Regulations- what do we need to know about them in the
context of travel medicine?
In the next millennium, our world will have inherited further global
movement. It may even include travel to aerospace. The 'Epilogue' awakes
some of our old dreams - the last frontier, space travel...
Annelies Wilder-Smith has lived in China, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, New
Zealand, and Switzerland. She is currently based in Singapore from where
she continues to travel extensively throughout Asia. She is the Head of the
Travellers Health ' Vaccination Centre in Singapore, one of the largest
travel clinics in Asia. She was in a unique position to do research on W135
meningococcal disease in Hajj pilgrims during the outbreak. She 'lived
through' the SARS epidemic in Singapore.
Eli Schwartz is the Director of the Center for Geographic Medicine and
Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Eli
is a 'real' tropical medicine specialist. He obtained all his experience in
the field, including Nepal, Tibet, and numerous adventure travels to Africa
where he prefers to do his studies on the sides of the Omo River.
Marc Shaw is a passionate traveler, doctor, actor and observer of fine
humor. His favorite pastime is to be an expedition doctor. This has taken
him to exotic places such as Namibia, Mongolia, Pitcairn Islands, and to
the Amazon. He is the Director of WORLDWIDE Travellers' Health Centres in
New Zealand.
