Travel Health Pharmacy Public Health Campaign Guidance Sheet

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Travel Health Pharmacy Public Health Campaign
Guidance Sheet

• CAMPAIGN DATES Monday 23 July Sunday 5 August
  2007 (2 weeks)
• WHO All who may be travelling abroad this
  summer/autumn
• AIM Increase the number of people checking on
  their health risks, in relation to travel abroad
• KEY MESSAGE Check where you going and what you
  need to do to protect against health hazards
• ADVERTISE Please display the poster on doors or
  in windows and offer information and signposting
  as appropriate
• ASK
• Are you travelling abroad/overseas this
  summer/autumn?
• Do you know what you need in terms of
  immunisations or medications?
• ADVISE ASSIST
• Share information about why they should get
  immunised /take tablets/use protector creams and
  clothing in certain locations
• Explain that one is not immune to infection
  because it was a former home country
• Signpost them to sources of up-to-date
  information on what they need by country (see
  Sources of Information sheet for these)