Up to 70% of travelers report an illness or impairment while traveling abroad. What’s worse is that a staggering proportion of these illnesses are preventable, with the right amount of knowledge and risk management.

The good news is that there’s now a resource for us travelers to figure out what we need to know to stay healthy and happy on the road: Travel Medicine.

Let’s say you are planning a trip abroad. In addressing the finer details, you will be researching visa requirements, health and government warnings, vaccination recommendations, and if you’re lucky – electrical standards, the local time, and other particulars that can mean the difference between a good trip and a great one.

Everything you want to know about a country can be found on Travel Medicine’s country profile pages, like this one. Here you can browse each country’s vaccination requirements, time zones, recent medical updates and outbreaks, risk summaries, maps, embassy contact information, and a list of hospitals and physicians, among other precious tidbits of information.

Want to know where the closest travel clinic is to you in preparation for your trip? Go here.

And travelers and health practitioners alike all flock to the beefy International Travel Health Guide for comprehensive information about a variety of travel-related illnesses as well as tips for making your trip safe and successful.

While browsing, you may also realize you need mosquito protection gear, first aid kits, or a variety of travel accessories. These are also available on Travel Medicine too.

Travel Medicine is one of the most comprehensive worldwide health-oriented websites I have found to date, and is a great way to plan a trip abroad: to anywhere, from anywhere.

Note: The author has no vested or affiliate interest in Travel Medicine.

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