How it works:
- Medical standard:
- Modern care available in main cities (e.g. Amman) but limited.
- Diseases to watch out for:
- Insect borne diseases: dengue, chikungunya, leishmaniasis, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, West Nile virus, sand fly fever
- Food and water borne diseases: travellers’ diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera, polio, brucellosis
- Animal borne disease: avian influenza, rabies
- Human borne disease: Middle East respiratory syndrome, measles
- Activity: schistosomiasis
What to do:
- Get sufficient travel insurance:
- Emergency health services can cost a bomb
- Insurers can make complex logistical arrangements to get you the best medical treatment fast
- Check out these top travel insurance comparison platforms to get the best deal that works for you
- Vaccinations to consider:
- All travellers: measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine, varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, polio vaccine, flu shot
- Most travellers: Hepatitis A, typhoid
- Some travellers: Hepatitis B, rabies
- Prevent insect bites:
- Wear protective clothing
- Use insect repellents; insecticide treated bed/cot nets; plug-in insecticides
- Avoid wooded and bushy areas with high grass
- Food safety:
- Practise safe hygiene (e.g. washing hands with soap)
- Drink bottled water or water that has been boiled
- Avoid unpasteurised dairy products, ice cubes, uncooked and under-cooked food
Source:
- Centers for disease control and prevention
- U.S. Department of State travel advisory
- UK Government foreign travel advice
- Government of Canada travel advisory
- Australia Government travel advice
