WHO and HPA offer travel health advice for EURO 2012 and the London Olympics
30-05-2012
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Two major sporting events — the European football championships and the Olympic Games — happen this summer in the WHO European Region, while the fight to control outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases continues in several countries of the Region. It is, therefore, critical to check your vaccination status, particularly before travelling to large public events. Measles, for example, is a very infectious disease, and mass gatherings can help it spread through intensive contact between large numbers of people. If you are up-to-date on your vaccines, you will be protected from diseases such as measles, rubella and polio. Vaccination also stops these diseases from spreading at public events and from being imported to your country.
WHO and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) have collaborated in providing travel health advice to team physicians both for the EURO 2012 football championships and for the 2012 London Summer Olympics. HPA have also produced guidance for travelers to London during the Olympic Games this summer alongside WHO/Europe’s health recommendations for travelers to Poland and Ukraine during EURO 2012.
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