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The borders are open and many Australians are making the most of it by heading overseas. Over 5 million Australians go overseas on holiday each year, are your patients amongst them?
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Common travel-related diseases
Approximately half of all Australians traveling overseas visit travel destinations that can pose travel-related disease risks. [1]
Typhoid fever, hepatitis A and B, yellow fever, rabies, and malaria are common serious infectious diseases that can pose a threat to unwary travellers. [3]
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How can you help patients hit the ground running?
Your patients may not always know that they require travel health advice. You can play a part in improving travel health outcomes by proactively discussing upcoming travel plans with your patients and making a travel health plan that includes travel and routine immunisations. [4]
Each trip and traveller is unique and so is their risk of exposure to travel-related disease. Development of an illness whilst traveling can be influenced by many factors including [5] :
- Length of time before departure
- Previous health problems whilst travelling and current health
- Destinations, itinerary and length of stay
- Purpose of travel
- Food and water sources
- Type of accommodation
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Where are Australians heading abroad?
Popular travel destinations this year include India (89,530), Fiji (65,710), Thailand (30,320), Pakistan (18,000). Locations such as Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam also saw a spike in travellers in April. [2]
Useful Travel health resources for you and your patients from
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Vaxiplace
Vaxiplace from Sanofi is for Australian healthcare professionals - it provides easy access to vaccine and immunisation information in one location.
www.vaxiplace.com.auVaccine Hub
Vaccine Hub from Sanofi is a
user-friendly resource for everyday Australians and healthcare professionals alike.
Travel Vaccines Avaliable From Your Vaccine Specialist
Travel Vaccines supplied by:
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References: [1] Australian Government Austrade. Outbound Tourism Statistics, Available at: https://www.tra.gov.au/reasearch/australians-travelling-overseas/outbound-tourism-statistics (accessed 29/03/2022). [2] Australian Bureau of Statistics, Overseas Arrivals and Departures – Australia, Available at: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/tourism-and-transport/overseas-arrivals-and-departures-australia (accessed 08/07/2022). [3] Smarttraveller.gov.au, Infectious Diseases, Australia, Available at: https://www. smartraveller.gov.au/before-you-go/health/diseases (accessed 08/07/2022). [4] Lyons A. Before they go. Good Practice 2016;7:14-16. Available at: https://www.racgp.org.au/download/Documents/Good%20Practice/2016/July/GP2016July-Travel-Medicine.pdf (accessed June 2022). [5] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Yellow Book. Introduction to Travel Heath & the CDC Yellow Book. Available at: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2020/introduction/introduction-to-travel-health-and-the-cdc-yellow-book (accessed 08/07/2022).