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A little of bit of extra planning is essential for a healthy holiday. To make sure you're fully prepared, we have put together a comprehensive guide for travellers. In this section you'll find everything from what to pack to dangers to avoid.

Where do you want to go?
Where do you want to go? © PhotoDisc - vaccine guide Wherever you travel in the world, use our alphabetical country-by-country guide to find out what vaccinations are recommended.

Holiday preparation
Holiday preparation © PhotoDisc - holiday preparation You've booked your holiday and are counting down the weeks until you go. But what steps do you need to take to ensure your wellbeing abroad?

Sun sense
Sun sense © PhotoDisc - sunbathing For most people, lying in the sun is a key part of relaxing on holiday. With skin cancer cases on the rise, find out why your skin type is key to preventing sunburn.

Deep vein thrombosis
Deep vein thrombosis © PhotoDisc - DVT Associated with long-haul flights, DVT is also a risk on shorter trips. We explain what to look out for, plus steps to take when you fly.

Diving: what you need to know
Diving: what you need to know © PhotoDisc - diving risks Think of diving, think blue sky, deep sea and technicoloured fish. There are plenty of places to learn, but make sure you know the risks before you take the plunge.

FACTSHEETS
Before you leave
Crossing borders with medicines
First aid kit for travelling
Pregnancy and travel
Travellers with chronic diseases
General risks
Altitude sickness
Decompression sickness
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Heat stroke
Protecting children from the sun
Safe in the sun
Sunbathing
Sun rash
Food risks
Amoebic dysentery Gut infection caused by parasites in contaminated food.

Hepatitis A
Liver infection transmitted through contaminated food.

Travellers' diarrhoea
How to avoid this most common holiday complaint.

Typhoid
A food-borne infection that's a risk for all travellers.

Risks posed by wildlife
Japanese B encephalitis
A serious viral infection spread by mosquitoes and ticks.

Lyme disease (Borrelia) Caused by a tick bite, with a significant presence in Europe.

Malaria
One of the most serious of all infectious diseases.

Preventing malaria
How to protect yourself against infection.

Rabies A potentially fatal infection caused by an animal bite.

Scorpions and spiders
Essential facts, plus how to deal with venomous bites.

Sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) Transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly in Africa.

Snakes and snake bites
Essential facts, plus what to do if you are bitten.

The life cycle of the malarial parasite
The stages in its passage between mosquito and man.

Yellow fever
Mosquito-transmitted infection with the potential to kill.

Diseases
Cholera
A common threat to the traveller in Asia and Africa.

Diphtheria
Deadly infection of the upper airways.

Hepatitis B Liver infection transmitted through blood or sexual contact.

Tuberculosis A serious infectious disease that affects the lungs.

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