August 12, 2014

Health Canada Issues Travel Health Notice For Guinea, Liberia and Sierra ...
http://www.ecanadanow.com/health/2014/08/10/health-canada-issues-travel-health-notice-for-guinea-liberia-and-sierra-leone-due-to-ebola-outbreak/
The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends that Canadians avoid all non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak. This recommendation is made to protect Canadian travellers and make it easier for ...


Vietnam beefs up travel surveillance against Ebola
http://www.thanhniennews.com/health/vietnam-beefs-up-travel-surveillance-against-ebola-29747.html
?It's totally possible? that the disease can spread to Vietnam through foreign visitors or Vietnamese workers and students coming from Africa, a health ministry representative said at an urgent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Nguyen ...


The importance of travel medical insurance for trips abroad
http://wwlp.com/2014/08/06/how-to-get-health-insurance-if-youre-travelling-abroad/
You can purchase insurance for days, weeks, months or even a year to cover your health and evacuation expenses should something happen in another country. Travel medical insurance may also cover trip cancellation due to illness and can be purchased ...


Ebola Virus Travel Tips -- Precautions you should take
http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/ebola-virus-travel-tips-precautions-you-should-take/
Ebola virus As the Ebola outbreak threatens the entire world with an increasing death toll, health authorities and immigration departments are now collaboratively working to track health of passengers travelling across the globe. Without effective ...


Health Ministry urges extra precaution for people travelling to Ebola affected ...
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Health-Ministry-urges-extra-precaution-for-people-travelling-to-Ebola-affected-areas
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Health is urging Jamaicans who have to travel to Ebola-affected areas of Liberia, Nigeria, Guinea and Sierra Leone in West Africa to take precautions to protect their health. Director, Emergency, Disaster Management ...


Ebola, violence remind biz travelers to be cautious
http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/11/ebola-violence-travelers-be-cautious/13884577/
"Given the significant elevation of travel-related health, terrorism and war risks, it is essential that business travelers understand the locations of and types of hazards they will likely face,'' says Kevin Mitchell of the Business Travel Coalition ...


Ebola outbreak prompts Canadian travel health notice but no ban
http://globalnews.ca/news/1485374/ebola-outbreak-prompts-canadian-travel-health-notice-but-no-ban/
WATCH: Health officials have warned against travel to parts of western Africa, where the deadliest known outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 700 people. Jennifer Tryon reports. OTTAWA ? Canada's public health agency has issued a travel health notice ...


An Ebola patient is leaving Africa for treatment at an Atlanta hospital
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-crisis-prompts-cdc-to-warn-against-nonessential-travel-to-west-africa/2014/07/31/7f132634-18ce-11e4-9e3b-7f2f110c6265_story.html
The World Health Organization is not recommending any travel restrictions or closure of borders at this time. The International Air Transport Association said it will follow WHO's lead on travel restrictions. ?What is key about this disease is that if ...