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This work aims to offer in a single volume, a comprehensive guide to healthy travel. The first section offers useful pre-travel information on such topics as inoculations and a suggested medical kit. There is also a section aimed at travellers with special needs, including the female, pregnant or diabetic traveller. There is an A to Z of diseases and health risks, detailing symptoms and treatments, a section on which health risks are most common in each part of the globe and how best to prepare for them, and a directory of health contacts world-wide, including the latest online services.