Product Description
Getting the most out of your travels means staying healthy. Healthy Travel Africa is a user-friendly guide to minimizing health risks for travelers to all parts of Africa, including Egypt. Written by Dr. Isabelle Young, with a team of travel health experts, Healthy Travel Africa provides advice on planning your trip, staying healthy while traveling, and what to do if you run into problems.

In This Guide:

Tailored advice for travelers of all ages and needs.
Clear guidelines on treating common travel illnesses.
How to avoid wildlife hazards, from insects to hippos.
Safety tips for outdoor action, including safaris and trekking.
Comprehensive first aid section.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)

Spaceless Essential Diagnostic Tool

Very helpful. If you have medical concerns and are away from medical services this book will help in most cases, provide a course of action and give you piece of mind. It is small and light and will not encumber minimalist traveler. Very useful also in cultural interactions and so on.
December 03, 2007

A 'must have' Field Guide for those going to Africa.

Isabelle Young has compiled a "packing worthy" field guide for individual health care as well as diagnosing and treating illness/disease peculiar to the African continent. I was amazed this guide carries approximately 400 pages of easy to read and understand descriptions of common and not so common maladies discussing prevention,diagnosis, treatment and whether you need to leave to get lifesaving treatment. I would commend this guide for individual travelers and those leading tour groups or short term medical mission groups. I was so impressed that I purchased a guid for each of the physicians and nurses that I led on a short term medical mission experience in Sierra Leone. Perhaps the best news is the price for the guide!
May 07, 2007

Healthy travel

Excellent and essential reading for anyone going to the African continent.
Currently being used by several participants in the Plymouth to Banjul run.
January 10, 2007

Good overview of health risks, preventions measures

I used this on a recent trip to Africa. It was most valuable in the preparation stage of my trip when figuring out what to bring and what shots were needed to enter certain countries (some of this is now outdated). It has really good maps of where Malaria, Yellow Fever, etc are located on the continent and a good, if also outdated, discussion of anti-malarial drugs.
I wouldn't use this as a medical book during any trip, but it's a great primer that gives an overview of all the wonderful parasites and diseases in the region.

Bottom line: Gives a really good idea of how to prevent and prepare for getting sick in Africa. Buy it a few months before your trip so you can start getting shots.
December 08, 2006

just returned

My family and I recently returned from a trip to Africa. We traveled with our two small children and had a wonderful time. This book was wonderful in leading us to beautiful destinations. Our trip would not have been the same without it. My husband is an army officer and had brought along his own guidebooks he obtained through the service. This is the one we relied on the most.
Stacey Belkin
May 28, 2006

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