Travel Health
Use this guide to find information resources about travel health including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
17/09/2024
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Key Resources

Chiodini J H, Taylor F, Geary K, Lang S, Moore J, Ross D A, Evans D P, Britton A, Coley D, Anderson J, Rossanese A, Allen S P (2020) Good practice guidance for providing a travel health service. Glasgow: Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (2022) Mental health and wellbeing abroad. Updated 2023. London: FCDO
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2023) Clinical knowledge summary: immunizations & travel.
UK Health Security Agency (2024) Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK: 2023. London: UKHSA.
World Health Organization (2012) International travel and health. Updated 2019. Geneva: WHO.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel advice
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A-Z by country or territory.
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Travel aware - advice for going abroad
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
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Service commissioned by Public Health England providing travel health information, an advice line and news updates for health professionals.
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Fitfortravel
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Free up to date health information for the UK public on avoiding illness and staying healthy when travelling abroad. Maintained by the Travel and International Health Team of Public Health Scotland.
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UK Health Security Agency: Immunisation
TravelHealthPro factsheets
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Travel health resources from NaTHNaC.
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We would like to thank the RCN Public Health Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CDC Yellow Book 2024: health information for international travel. New York: Oxford University Press.



Torresi J, McGuinness S, Leder K and others (2019) Manual of travel medicine. 4th edn. Singapore: Springer.
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Journals
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Journals
Journals of interest for travel health. Use these links to see details of availability.
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Open access journal:
International Journal of Travel Medicine - Journal of Travel Medicine
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
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Open access journal:
Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines
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