Toilet in Transportation Vehicles: A Topic for Consideration on Travel Sanitation in Travel Medicine

Travel Medicine: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Travel medicine is devoted to the health of travelers who visit foreign countries. It is an interdisciplinary specialty concerned not only with prevention of infectious diseases during travel but also with the personal safety of travelers and the avoidance of environmental risks. Methods: This review examines 15 appropriate papers by PRISMA ...

Implementing the National Incident Management System as a Framework for Travel Medicine in Haiti

Introduction: For the past 7 years, a nursing school has conducted biannual medical missions in a virtually inaccessible area in Haiti. Each medical mission team provides primary care, pediatric and gynecological examinations for up to 6 days in the impoverished island nation. Methods: To improve the safety of participants engaged in this humanitarian tra...

Focused Journals in Travel Medicine; A Valuable Chance for Developing Countries!

Travel Medicine in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Citation Analysis of the Most Influential Publications in Travel Medicine

Introduction: Citation analysis reflects the extent to which published work has been recognized in the scientific community. The purpose of this study was to characterize the most cited publications in travel medicine.Methods: Travel medicine articles indexed on Scopus which had been published in the English language through 2016 were retrieved independen...

A Brief Overview of the Specialty of Travel Medicine