While You Are There
When you are travelling overseas:
- learn how to find a doctor overseas perhaps through, for example, the international office of your host institution, the health travel insurance, hotels, or IAMAT, the International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers, can provide a list of English speaking doctors all over the world for members (Membership is free but donations are requested for this non-profit organisation.)
- if you are scuba-diving, don't travel in an aircraft for at least 24 hours after your final dive;
- in areas where mosquitoes are active, wear light-coloured losse-fitting clothing that covers your arms and legs and apply insect repellent regularly to exposed skin, especially to the neck, face and hands;
- drink plenty of bottled water and use it to clean your teeth, but always check that the seal is intact on the bottle when you open it for the first time; and
- be wary of uncooked food and fruit that you can't peel.