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Considering Travel Vaccines As We Approach World Immunization Week

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April 24-30 is World Immunization Week – a week that aims to promote the life-saving power of immunization to protect people of all ages from preventable diseases.  This protection is offered to both those living in countries where preventable diseases are prevalent and those who travel to those areas, countries and regions.  In this instance, protection is through the form of travel vaccinations.

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Cholera, Typhoid and Other Diseases in Kipling’s Time and India Today

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On December 30, 1865, Rudyard Kipling – best known perhaps for being the author who produced the works on which Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’ were based – was born in Mumbai. Life for Kipling was not just a fantasy world with colourful characters, however.  Nineteenth century, colonial India, came with a distinct cholera and typhoid threat – severe travel health risks that still exist today, for those who go unvaccinated on trips to India.

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