Travel Health
Other Places To Get Help
Organizations
| American Academy of Family Physicians | |
| P.O. Box 11210 | |
| Shawnee Mission, KS 66207-1210 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-274-2237 |
| Fax: | (913) 906-6075 |
| Web Address: | www.familydoctor.org |
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The American Academy of Family Physicians offers information on adult and child health conditions and healthy living. Its website has topics on medicines, doctor visits, physical and mental health issues, parenting, and more. |
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| American College of Sports Medicine | |
| 401 West Michigan Street | |
| Indianapolis, IN 46202-3233 | |
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(317) 637-9200, ext. 127 or 133 |
| Email: | EIM@acsm.org |
| Web Address: | www.acsm.org/AM/AMTemplate.cfm?Section=About_ACSM&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=13719 |
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The American College of Sports Medicine Task Force on Healthy Air Travel promotes exercise and physical activities that can be done while taking an airplane trip. They provide information about:
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Travelers' Health | |
| 1600 Clifton Road | |
| Atlanta, GA 30333 | |
| Phone: | 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) |
| TDD: | 1-888-232-6348 |
| Email: | cdcinfo@cdc.gov |
| Web Address: | wwwn.cdc.gov/travel |
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The CDC's Travelers' Health Web site provides health information for the traveler. The Web site provides information on immunizations that are needed for travel to various areas of the world. It also provides information for safe travel, including traveling with children and with people who have special needs. Information about current outbreaks of disease in the world is also provided. The CDC is the leading federal agency for protecting U.S. citizens' health and safety by providing credible health information and health promotion. |
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| International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers | |
| 1623 Military Road | |
| Suite 279 | |
| Niagara Falls, NY 14304-1745 | |
| Phone: | (716) 754-4883 |
| Web Address: | www.iamat.org |
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The International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to travel health. IAMAT can help you plan a healthy trip and help you find a qualified doctor if you have a medical emergency on your trip. Their goal is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases by international travelers. |
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| International Society of Travel Medicine | |
| 315 West Ponce de Leon Avenue | |
| Suite 245 | |
| Decatur, GA 30030 | |
| Phone: | (404) 373-8282 |
| Fax: | (404) 373-8283 |
| Email: | istm@istm.org |
| Web Address: | www.istm.org |
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The International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) provides education, service, and research in the field of travel medicine. ISTM focuses on preventive and curative medicine, infectious diseases, high altitude physiology, and travel-related obstetrics. Two other areas of focus are military medicine and migration medicine. ISTM's goals are to promote travel health, develop guidelines for travel medicine, and educate health professionals and people who work in the travel industry. ISTM's website has a travel clinic directory where travelers can search for a travel clinic near them. |
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| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health | |
| NIAID Office of Communications and Government Relations | |
| 6610 Rockledge Drive, MSC 6612 | |
| Bethesda, MD 20892-6612 | |
| Phone: | 1-866-284-4107 toll-free |
| Phone: | (301) 496-5717 |
| Fax: | (301) 402-3573 |
| TDD: | 1-800-877-8339 |
| Web Address: | www.niaid.nih.gov |
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases conducts research and provides consumer information on infectious and immune-system-related diseases. |
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| World Health Organization | |
| Avenue Appia 20 | |
| 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland | |
| Email: | info@who.int |
| Web Address: | www.who.int/en |
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations. It has about 200 member states. WHO promotes technical cooperation among nations on health issues, carries out programs to control and eliminate disease, and strives to improve the quality of human life. The Web site has information on many health topics, including health and disease related to travel. |
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