Anti Cancer needle
Dr Dimitri Andropov – TMA member in Darwin This year the Australian Government has announced a new and improved version of the ‘cervical cancer vaccine’. This vaccine will be available free to all 12 and 13-year-old students. But what is this anti-cancer vaccine and how does it work The earlier versions of the […]
Travelling with Kids
Dr Douglas Randell, TMA Member in Canberra The thought of travelling with kids may provoke anxiety for many parents, but well-planned trips are very safe. While travel immunisation is essential, kids are more likely to be injured in accidents, than they are to become sick with serious infections. It is well worth putting some […]
Kokoda… 75th Anniversary.
Dr Judith Kirkwood TMA member St Kilda Road Melbourne In the middle of last year, I decided I needed a new challenge, and had always wanted to know more about the war in PNG, and just what the Kokoda Track was all about. I had been chatting with the CEO of Beyond Blue and when I […]
What vaccines should I get to travel to Peru?
Dr Simon Thatcher Health HQ Southport Most travellers have heard Yellow Fever vaccine is compulsory to enter Australia after Peru. While not compulsory, it is recommended. Yellow fever vaccination is required to cross borders to many other South American countries you may visit. It is also one of the haemorrhagic viruses (like Ebola) with a high […]
Diving Safety Tips
Dr Kelvin Balakrishnan – Ballajura Palau is an archipelago of about 200 islands in Micronesia, east of the Philippines, with a population of about 20, 000. Although there are many things to see and do in Palau, it is known for its scuba diving. (It was reported as one of Jacques Cousteau’s favourite dive sites in […]
Mindfulness, Meditation and Travel
Mindful Travelling Dr Fauzie Le Duc TMA member Nerang You may not be aware of it, but when you travel and see new places there is a high chance you might be practicing Mindfulness. That feeling you get, for example, when you reach the peak of a hike and look out to the panoramic view […]
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Travel Recommendation; Sri Lanka Ayubowan Readers! “Ayubowan” is the word used in Sri Lanka to greet someone Sri Lanka is a small Island off the south east tip of the Indian subcontinent. Measuring a total area of 65 610km, it is home to 20.5 million people (2013). Until 1972 the island was known as Ceylon, […]
Working with Symbiosis in Bangladesh
Lipi’s Story The noises of the slum continue well into the wee hours of the morning. As Lipi and her husband stepped gingerly yet resolutely across the moonlit dry river bed, the muffled sound came again. Now they were closer to the source. Somehow the stillness of the night brought a clarity that added to […]
My Adventure In Nepal….?
Be prepared for anything! I recently went on a trip to Nepal, it was not an adventure trip, just four fit and healthy women with a car and a driver. The aim of the trip was to have a good time and learn something new at a Travel Medicine Conference, which was being held in […]
The Bucket List
Dr Deb Mitchell – Alice Springs My Travel Bucket list …As a solo GP living literally in the middle of Australia for the last 18 years, it is approx. 1500kms to the North & South, much further to the East or West. Luckily I do love a road trip because unfortunately it isn’t cheap to […]