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.
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