Your Passport to Healthy Travel:

CDC Resources for Travelers

Ronnie HenryHealth Communications Specialist

TBEX

5/29/2016

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine

CDC Travelers’ Health

Mission:

To safeguard the health of US residents traveling or living

internationally

68 MillionInternational trips taken by

US residents in 2014

Travel Health in the News

The Problem: Travel Health Risks

Costs and Benefits: An Ounce of Prevention

The Solution: CDC Resources

The Yellow Book

Mobile Apps

Web and Social Media

Travelers’ Health Website

www.cdc.gov/travel

Destination

pages with

vaccine and

medicine

advice,

healthy

behaviors, a

packing list,

and current

travel

notices

Travel Health Notices

•Level 1, Watch• Follow usual precautions

•Level 2, Alert•Use enhanced precautions

•Level 3, Warning•Avoid nonessential travel

Resources for Travelers

Infographics

https://tools.cdc.gov/medialibrary/index.aspx#/results

CDC Public Health Media Library

https://tools.cdc.gov/medialibrary/index.aspx#/media/id/234552

Example: Complete List of Current Travel Health Notices

“Can I Eat This?” Mobile App

Recommendations to avoid traveler’s diarrhea

TravWell Mobile App

Tool for planning safe and healthy travel

@CDCTravel CDC Travelers’ Health

Keep in Touch

GovDeliverywww.cdc.gov/Other/

emailupdates/

Create a user profile Add Subscriptions Select Travelers’ Health at

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Email an Expert

For specific questions or requests for expert comment or interview: Email travelhealthpi@cdc.gov

[Obligatory Closing Slide]Thank You!

For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333

Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348

Visit: www.cdc.gov | Contact CDC at: 1-800-CDC-INFO or www.cdc.gov/info

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine