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Here is a quick guide to some key health issues for journalists working abroad. The Fleet Street Clinic has a worldwide reputation for its work in this specialised field - Please do not hesitate to contact us for information, advice, and specialist supplies.
 Background Information
Most people are surprised to discover that the average news industry professional is often worse off, in terms of health protection, than the typical package tourist. The reason is obvious: package tourists have months to plan ahead for that special trip, but journalists covering a breaking news story simply do not have the time. Years of last-minute assignments, and of putting “the story” ahead of personal health preparation and planning, mean that vaccine courses are rarely completed, if they have been initiated at all. The latest advice on malaria, and on prevention and treatment of other travel-related health problems, is seldom sought or updated.
At the Fleet Street Clinic, we look after hundreds of working journalists and other news industry professionals from around the world, and this is a common theme. Our approach to this problem is simple: the time for preparation is when you get the job, not when you get the assignment.
Here is another basic principle: many of the health risks of travelling and working abroad are preventable, or under a high degree of individual control – so the preventable risks need to be tackled to the fullest extent possible. |
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