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Updated Jan 9, , am IST. See our information page about avoiding bug bites for some easy tips to avoid them. For more information on bed bugs, see Bed Bugs. For more detailed information on avoiding bug bites, see Avoid Bug Bites. If your travel plans in The Bahamas include outdoor activities, take these steps to stay safe and healthy during your trip.
Most animals avoid people, but they may attack if they feel threatened, are protecting their young or territory, or if they are injured or ill. Animal bites and scratches can lead to serious diseases such as rabies. All animals can pose a threat, but be extra careful around dogs, bats, monkeys, sea animals such as jellyfish, and snakes. If you are bitten or scratched by an animal, immediately:. Consider buying medical evacuation insurance.
Rabies is a deadly disease that must be treated quickly, and treatment may not be available in some countries. Many foreign hospitals and clinics are accredited by the Joint Commission International. A list of accredited facilities is available at their website www. In some countries, medicine prescription and over-the-counter may be substandard or counterfeit.
Bring the medicines you will need from the United States to avoid having to buy them at your destination. Motor vehicle crashes are the 1 killer of healthy US citizens in foreign countries.
In many places cars, buses, large trucks, rickshaws, bikes, people on foot, and even animals share the same lanes of traffic, increasing the risk for crashes. If you are seriously injured, emergency care may not be available or may not meet US standards. Trauma care centers are uncommon outside urban areas.
Having medical evacuation insurance can be helpful for these reasons. Use the same common sense traveling overseas that you would at home, and always stay alert and aware of your surroundings. Use the Healthy Travel Packing List for Bahamas, The for a list of health-related items to consider packing for your trip.
Talk to your doctor about which items are most important for you. Some supplies and medicines may be difficult to find at your destination, may have different names, or may have different ingredients than what you normally use.
If you are not feeling well after your trip, you may need to see a doctor. If you need help finding a travel medicine specialist, see Find a Clinic. Be sure to tell your doctor about your travel, including where you went and what you did on your trip. Also tell your doctor if you were bitten or scratched by an animal while traveling. For more information on what to do if you are sick after your trip, see Getting Sick after Travel. Map Disclaimer - The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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The Bahamas Traveler View. Clinician View. Traveler View. On This Page. Unvaccinated travelers should avoid nonessential travel to the Bahamas. Hide Travel Health Notices. Be aware of current health issues in The Bahamas. Learn how to protect yourself.
Hide Vaccines and Medicines. Vaccines for disease Recommendations Clinical Guidance for Healthcare providers Routine vaccines Make sure you are up-to-date on all routine vaccines before every trip. Rabies CDC Yellow Book Typhoid Recommended for most travelers, especially those staying with friends or relatives or visiting smaller cities or rural areas. Routine vaccines Recommendations Make sure you are up-to-date on all routine vaccines before every trip.
Immunization schedules. Hepatitis A Recommendations Recommended for unvaccinated travelers one year old or older going to The Bahamas. Measles Recommendations Infants 6 to 11 months old traveling internationally should get 1 dose of measles-mumps-rubella MMR vaccine before travel.
Rabies Recommendations The Bahamas is free of dog rabies. Typhoid Recommendations Recommended for most travelers, especially those staying with friends or relatives or visiting smaller cities or rural areas.
Hide Non-Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. Avoid sick people Tuberculosis TB Avoid contaminated water. Leptospirosis How most people get sick most common modes of transmission Touching urine or other body fluids from an animal infected with leptospirosis Swimming or wading in urine-contaminated fresh water, or contact with urine-contaminated mud Drinking water or eating food contaminated with animal urine.
Dengue How most people get sick most common modes of transmission Mosquito bite. Avoid Bug Bites. See the Nomad website for more details. Sri Lanka recorded the highest number of dengue cases of the year last month July , latest statistics released by the Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry showed.
In July , 3, cases of dengue have been reported from all over the country adding up to 13, cases so far this year. A total of patients have died of the mosquito-borne disease. Most of the dengue patients and deaths have been reported from the Western Province. Colombo district has seen the most cases with 5, patients and 51 deaths.
Cambodia reported 4, cases of dengue fever which had claimed 23 Cambodian children's lives so far this year. The number of confirmed cases of dengue fever has more than doubled in the past two days, according to health minister, Dr Hubert Minnis, who confirmed that there were cases. Dengue fever is spread by daytime biting mosquitoes normally from sunrise to sunset and is more common in urban areas.
It lasts a few days and will resolve itself. There is currently no vaccine available and therefore insect bite avoidance is essential. The death toll in diarrhoea, viral fever and malaria has reached so far this year in the area.
The entire Dhalai district had already been identified as malaria prone and become drug resistant. Spraying of DDT, use of instant diagnostic kits in highly malaria prone areas besides, distribution of , medicated nets and fogging machines were on. Travellers to the affected area should seek expert advice before they travel regarding the most suitable form of malaria tablets for their trip and medical history.
They should ensure that they take the tablets as advised or they will not work as well. Malaria carrying mosquitoes generally bite between sunset and sunrise.
Those numbers skyrocketed in to 3. The problem is widespread. Argentina is currently reporting a dengue fever outbreak, and emergencies have been declared in Honduras, Brazil, Jamaica and Paraguay.
But travellers such as Monteiro said they had no idea just how prevalent — and how dangerous — dengue fever could be until they contracted the illness themselves. The illness triggered an autoimmune disease, scleroderma, that was lying dormant in her system. She also lives with kidney disease and is unable to work. CTV News spoke to three survivors who all said that Canadian travellers are not being given enough information about the virus. Dengue fever is primarily spread by mosquitos.
Symptoms include a sudden high fever, rash, nausea, swollen glands and pain in the bones, joints and eyes. The federal government says travellers are at risk when travelling to countries where dengue fever is present.
Travel agents in Canada are encouraged, though not required, to warn travellers of such risks, according to the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies. But what many people may not know about dengue fever is that the illness is potentially much more dangerous if a person contracts the virus more than once.
That means frequent fliers to dengue-affected countries could be at greater risk. Neil Rau. On an earlier trip to Jamaica she contracted flu-like symptoms on the third day of the trip and suffered lasting symptoms for weeks. After being prescribed antibiotics, she got better.
The year-old from Courtice, Ont.
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