Competency guidance for the provision of travel health services
Travel medicine practice In the United Kingdom is largely undertaken by nurses, although in recent years a significant numbers of general practitioners and pharmacists have become involved as well. As a measure against potential public health threats of travellers returning with hepatitis A, typhoid, polio or cholera, vaccines to provide protection against these diseases are administered as a provision under our National Health Service. Other travel vaccines must be paid for out of pocket. UK travel medicine arguably began formally in 1995 with the development of a post graduate Diploma and then a Masters degree course in travel medcine at the University of Glasgow.
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jane Chiodini Source Type: research
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