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Before travelling, what are the vaccines to be provided and the precautions to be taken?

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By: Alice Rouja Follow |

Caroline Pare Follow

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Every year, before the summer holidays, the Health Watch Institute publishes health recommendations for travellers.

Indeed, according to studies taken up by the Health Watch Institute, the rate of sick travelers varies from 15% to 64%, depending on the destinations and the conditions of stay.

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When traveling, there are many health hazards: risks related to food, mosquitoes, sexual behavior, motion sickness, etc.

What are the vaccines to be provided and the precautions to be taken?

• Pr Christophe Rapp,

  Infectiologist at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly in the Paris region.

  President of the

  French Society of Travel Medicine

• Isabelle Gillette-Faye,

  Sociologist, General Manager of

  Gams

• Report by

  Alice Rouja

• Dr Mbaye Moussa Samba,

  doctor at the Gaspard Kamara health center specializing in occupational health in Dakar, Senegal.

  He will be in Medina, Saudi Arabia

At the end of the program, we take stock of the

meeting which is taking place on June 28-29 at the

.

This year the theme is health, justice, a new ambition at the service of victims.

We talk about it with

, spokesperson for the

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