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Sources of Information for Health Care Professionals

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Helpful Travel Links

Canadian Immunization Guide, 7th ed. 2006

• complete text of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization's publication, available in English and in French
• includes epidemiological data, recommended usage, and scheduling information for all travel and routine immunizations licenced in Canada
• updates to the Guide can be found at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-gci/index.html Canadian Coalition for Influenza Immunization

Travel Medicine Program - Public Health Agency of Canada

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/index.html  

• includes information on international disease outbreaks
• immunization recommendations for international travel
• general health advice for international travellers
• disease-specific treatment and prevention guidelines
• link: Travel Health Advisories

CATMAT Statements (Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine & Travel)

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/catmat-ccmtmv/index.html

• current travel health statements available in English and French from the Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel including CATMAT's Guidelines for the Practice of Travel Medicine (1999).

Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR)

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/index.html

• weekly publication that includes NACI statements, disease incidence data and outbreak notifications
• issues from 1995 to present available electronically

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm

• includes information on disease outbreaks around the world, geographic health recommendations and information on specific diseases