Your Passport to Healthy Travel: CDC Resources for Travelers Ronnie Henry Health Communications Specialist TBEX 5/29/2016 National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
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Your Passport to Healthy Travel:
CDC Resources for Travelers
Ronnie HenryHealth Communications Specialist
TBEX
5/29/2016
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
CDC Travelers’ Health
Mission:
To safeguard the health of US residents traveling or living
internationally
68 MillionInternational trips taken by
US residents in 2014
Travel Health in the News
The Problem: Travel Health Risks
Costs and Benefits: An Ounce of Prevention
The Solution: CDC Resources
The Yellow Book
Mobile Apps
Web and Social Media
Travelers’ Health Website
www.cdc.gov/travel
Destination
pages with
vaccine and
medicine
advice,
healthy
behaviors, a
packing list,
and current
travel
notices
Travel Health Notices
•Level 1, Watch• Follow usual precautions
•Level 2, Alert•Use enhanced precautions
•Level 3, Warning•Avoid nonessential travel
Resources for Travelers
Infographics
https://tools.cdc.gov/medialibrary/index.aspx#/results
CDC Public Health Media Library
https://tools.cdc.gov/medialibrary/index.aspx#/media/id/234552
Example: Complete List of Current Travel Health Notices
“Can I Eat This?” Mobile App
Recommendations to avoid traveler’s diarrhea
TravWell Mobile App
Tool for planning safe and healthy travel
@CDCTravel CDC Travelers’ Health
Keep in Touch
GovDeliverywww.cdc.gov/Other/
emailupdates/
Create a user profile Add Subscriptions Select Travelers’ Health at
bottom
Email an Expert
For specific questions or requests for expert comment or interview: Email [email protected]
[Obligatory Closing Slide]Thank You!
For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348
Visit: www.cdc.gov | Contact CDC at: 1-800-CDC-INFO or www.cdc.gov/info
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
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