Academic and Professional Travel Health Information Sites www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp

CDC, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm

EuroSurveillance
www.eurosurveillance.org

International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers, IAMAT
www.sentex.net/~iamat

International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM)
www.istm.org

International Travel and Health
(travel health information book, updated yearly by WHO)
www.who.int/ith

The National Travel Health Network and Centre
The national centre providing travel health resources funded by the Department of Health for England
www.nathnac.org/healthprofessionals

World Health Organisation (WHO)
www.who.int

Adventure and Expedition Sites

Expedition Medicine
(Courses and advice on managing medical problems for those venturing away from established medical facilities)
http://www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk/

Expedition with Sir Peter Blake - Protecting life in, on and around the waters of the world
http://www.blakexpeditions.com/

Himalaya Rescue Association
http://himalayanhands.tripod.com/html/hra.htm

International Society of Mountain Medicine
http://www.ismmed.org/

Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI)
http://wmi.nols.edu/

Clinical and Procedural Sites

Immunisation Advisory Centre (New Zealand)
http://www.imac.auckland.ac.nz/

Institute of Medicine (Immunization Safety Review Committee website and listserve)
http://www.iom.edu/imsafety

NIH Online Vaccine Resource
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/vaccine.htm

Disease-Specific Sites

About Malaria, Centers for Disease Control, USA
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/basics.htm

All the Virology on the WWW
http://www.virology.net/

Biological Diseases / Agents Listing
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp

Malaria Maps in Africa
http://www.mara.org.za/

Malaria Reference Laboratories (Malaria References)
http://www.malaria-reference.co.uk/

World Health Organization. WHO web sites on infectious diseases Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2001;76 (30):231.
http://www.who.int/wer/

Government and Official Sites

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au/

British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel

Country-By-Country Immunisation Schedules
http://www-nt.who.int/vaccines/globalsummary/immunization/countryprofileselect.cfm

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.mfat.govt.nz/

New Zealand Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf

US State Department Services
(Travel Warnings and Consular Sheets)
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html

Maps and Locations

Microsoft Encarta Maps
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx

Medical and Academic Organisations

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/

Pharmaceutical Companies

CSL
http://www.csl.com.au/

GlaxoSmithKline
http://www.glaxosmithkline.com/

Merck Sharpe and Dohme
http://www.merck.com/

Public Health Travel Information

Fit for Travel (NHS, UK-based)
http://www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk/

Lonely Planet Online, health information
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/health

Mobility International
(Advice for those with disabilities - USA based)
http://www.miusa.org/

Sexual Health Advice for Women Travellers
(Includes help lines within collaborating countries)
http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/

Safety and Security Sites

British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel

Legal and Professional Insurance Group Ltd
http://www.lawcorp.co.nz/

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
http://www.rospa.com/CMS/index.asp

Terrorism and Bioterrorism

CDC Biological and Chemical Agents List
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp

CDC Emerging Infections Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/bio_links.htm

John Hopkins Medical Center for Civilian Bio-Defense Strategies
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/

Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons: WHO Guidance (2004)
http://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/biochemguide/en/index.html

WHO - Diseases Covered by CSR
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/en/

WHO Preparedness for Deliberate Epidemics
http://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/en/

Tourism Organisations

New Zealand Tourism Online
http://www.tourism.net.nz/

Tourism New Zealand
http://www.nztb.co.nz/indexnz.cfm

Tourism Research Council New Zealand
http://www.trcnz.govt.nz/

World Tourism Organization
(Provides a wide range of articles and statistics on tourism and links to groups concerned with eco-tourism)
http://www.world-tourism.org/

Travel Related Sites

Internet Café Guide
http://www.net.cafeguide.com/

Language Converter
http://www.travlang.com/

Lonely Planet
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

Vaccinology

Immunisation Advisory Centre (New Zealand)
http://www.imac.auckland.ac.nz/

Institute of Medicine
(Immunization Safety Review Committee)
http://www.iom.edu/imsafety

Nih Online Vaccine Resource
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/vaccine/pdf/undvacc.pdf

Vaccine News and Updates (USA)
http://www.vaccines.org/

Weather in New Zealand and the Pacific

New Zealand Crown Met Service
http://www.metservice.co.nz/home/index.asp

School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington
http://www.rses.vuw.ac.nz/meteorology

Yahoo Weather
http://au.weather.yahoo.com/

Work and travel overseas

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For more information visit www.globaltesol.co.nz

Travellers' Health Links