In: Nursing
All individuals planning travel should seek advice on the potentianal hazards in their chosen destinations and understand how best to protect their health and minimize the risk of acquring diseses.Many infectious diseases are related with consumption of contaminated food and water.Diseases such as Brucellossi ,Cholera,Listerosis ,Leptospirosis .Typhoid Fever and Hepaptitis A and E are directly assosiated with the consumption of food and water.Preparation of the travel should beging at least one month prior to the departure.travelers must acruire essential information about hygeine conditions of the final destination,the cliamte and other special conditions.A scheduled visit to a health proffedsional is neccessary,especially in the case of travelers suffering from chronic disesaes or those taking chronic mediaction.In most of the cases vaccination is considered essential for specific destination countries.Vaccination criteria are age ,sex,underlying pathological disesaes as well as the frequency of disease in the host country.Consumption of food and and beverage with caution is considered to be of major importance to protect the health of travelers.Hand hygeine is very important.Partially cooked food ,shellfish should be avoided.Amoebiasis is transmitted by ingestion of faecally contaminated food or water containg amoebic cyst,indirect hand contamination from contaminated surfaces .There is no vaccine aganist amoebiasis.all travellers are potentially at risk.Risk is highest in those visiting areas with poor sanitation and hygiene.To reduce the risk of infection all travelelrs should practice careful food and water hygiene and personal hygine.