What information is available on drugs in diving?

There are several sources of information on drugs and medical conditions that may affect a person’s ability to dive. Professional divers are required by law…

Which medicines prevent acute mountain sickness?

This Medicines Q&A discusses the use of medicines that can be used to prevent acute mountain sickness, including acetazolamide, dexamethasone, and gingko biloba.

What is the evidence for the use of Low Molecular Weight Heparins for the prophylaxis of travel-related thrombosis?

This Medicines Q&A evaluates the evidence for using low molecular weight heparins for the prevention of travel-related venous thromboembolism

PHE patient group direction (PGD) template - administration of typhoid Vi polysaccharide vaccine to overseas travellers at risk of exposure to Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (S. typhi)

PHE Have published a patient group direction (PGD) template which supports the administration of typhoid Vi polysaccharide vaccine to overseas travellers at risk of exposure to…

PHE PGD template combined hepatitis A virus (inactivated) and typhoid polysaccharide vaccine

PHE have published a PGD template to support the administration of combined hepatitis A virus (inactivated) and typhoid polysaccharide vaccine to individuals considered at risk…

What advice should be given to patients with porphyria who intend to travel?

Most travel vaccines are safe in the acute porphyrias, but there has been an unpublished report of an acute porphyria attack following yellow fever vaccination.…

Malaria prophylaxis - what can be given to breastfeeding mothers?

Wherever possible, travelling into endemic countries should be delayed until after the lactation period. If travelling is unavoidable, the appropriate malaria prophylaxis must be chosen,…