International Travel Health Guide

14th Edition

Stuart R. Rose, MD
Jay S. Keystone, MD

What You NEED to Know - BEFORE you Go!

Information for the Global Traveler

An indispensable resource for anyone concerned with safe international travel, this best-selling book has been completely updated to provide more state-of-the-art guidance than ever before. In clear, accessible prose, authors Stuart Rose, MD and Jay Keystone, MD cover all of the essentials of healthy travel, from pre-travel vaccination and avoiding jet lag and altitude sickness to the treatment of travelers' diarrhea, malaria prevention, and more. In addition, the book's unique World Health Guide section provides essential health and risk-related information for over 200 countries.

"...The best travelers' health book . . . and the only one updated annually." - American Way Magazine

"...Dr. Stuart Rose has successfully produced a comprehensive resource containing concise and accurate answers to potential travelers wondering how to stay healthy abroad and what to do if they become sick or injured far from home. He has made an excellent contribution to the field of travel medicine, and I would strongly recommend this book." - Wilderness Medical Society Newsletter

Key Features

  • Trip Preparation Guidelines.

  • What to do if you get sick or injured abroad.

  • How to prevent insect bites that transmit malaria and other serious diseases.

  • Where to find a travel clinic for pre-travel shots and advice.

  • Tips on travel with children and during pregnancy.

  • Where to get travel insurance that pays "up front" and covers air ambulance evacuation.

  • Disease risks in over 200 countries.

Online edition now includes

  • Expanded links to the CDC and State Department websites

  • Links to online purchase of medical kits, insect repellents, water purifiers, and other products for safe travel.

  • Updated information on malaria, travelers’ diarrhea, and other tropical and infectious diseases.


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Table of Contents | Overview of Travelers' Health | Trip Preparation | Vaccines for Travel | Jet Lag and Motion Sickness | Food and Drink Safety | Travelers' Diarrhea | Malaria | Insect Bite and Prevention | Insect-Borne Diseases | Travel-Related Diseases | Lyme Disease | Hepatitis | Diabetes | HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDS) | Altitude Illness | Medical Care Abroad | Travel Insurance | Medical Transport | Business Travel and Health | Travel and Pregnancy | Traveling with Children | Home