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What are the Essential Items for my Travel Checklist? – Advice from Our Essex Pharmacists

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If you are wondering what items to include on your travel checklist, the answer goes beyond clothes and toiletries. A well-prepared travel checklist should include important health essentials, prescription medication, travel vaccinations, first aid supplies, and destination-specific protection such as malaria tablets or insect repellent. Planning ahead reduces stress and helps prevent avoidable health issues …

Protect Yourself Before You Travel: Is a Typhoid Vaccine Necessary?

  The bacteria that cause typhoid fever infect the gut and bloodstream. It is spread through person-to-person contact, and typically through the consumption of contaminated food or water. The bacteria are released from the infected person’s body in their faeces or, less frequently, their urine. If you plan to visit regions of the world where …