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Travel Vaccination and Malaria Treatment Planning For Commonwealth Travel

Monday March 10 marks Commonwealth Day, which will be celebrated across the Commonwealth, comprising 56 independent countries, inhabited by 2.7 billion people. Encompassing some of the richest and poorest countries in the world, the Commonwealth also features countries in which diseases are rife. Holiday or business trip planning for travel to many of these nations often requires travel vaccination or antimalarial treatments.

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

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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