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From the left hand
seat
We are now post South Africa's general elections,
post Easter holidays and post summer; but being a "post"
traveller should not put your mind at (total) ease. As
we will highlight in our article on bilharzia, some
travel-related illnesses and diseases only present
themselves some time after returning home, even after
you've settled back into normal run of the mill
routines.
We introduce you to Marlene Ras, our clinical case
manager who is responsible for the effective referral,
treatment and safe repatriation of our travelling
corporate clients and their families.
You will also read about our training associates,
Survival Technology and Training Academy (STTA), and you
will meet Stuart Sibbald, one of our paramedics in the
field in Angola.
Please contact us if you would like to know more
about any of the issues raised in this edition at pa@wtmconline.com
and remember to visit our website at www.wtmconline.com
for back issues of this newsletter and comprehensive
information on travel health in general.
Until next month - healthy travels, and hamba kahle!
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Dr
Albie de Frey
Medical
Director
WTMC
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- Remember your Flu vaccine! It's not too late and
definitely worth the effort. Contact our clinic on 0861
300 911 for your appointment or go to www.wtmconline.com
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| World Malaria Day
- Saturday, 25 April
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25 April 2009 is World Malaria Day. This day was
instituted by the World Health Assembly at its 60th session in
May 2007 as a day for recognising the global effort to provide
effective control of malaria.
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Alto Cuilo -
Angola
The Angolan history plays out much the
same as most other African countries with war and political
strife which lasted more than 30 years. Today, WTMC provides a
full-time Advanced Life Support Paramedic to the Alto Cuilo
Project.
Read more....
Click
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Schistosomiasis /
Bilharzia
Schistosomiasis, also known as
bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms, which
causes illness in humans. The occurrence is immense, with more
than 200 million people infected worldwide.
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According to recent reports
even the first world suffers from what was thought to be third
world diseases. We look at pertussis and measles in this
issue.
For more on pertussis, click
here.
For more on measles, click
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| Who's Who - Sr
Marlene Ras | |
Sr Marlene Ras is our Clinical
Case Manager. She is responsible for all contact between
patients, doctors, insurers and assistance companies in the
event of injury or illness of our corporate client employees
and their dependants all over Africa, and indeed the
world.
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Associates
Survival Technology
and Training Academy
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Meet Derek Jones and the team
of Survival Technology and Training Academy (STTA). We have
been making use of Derek's services for some years now
whenever medical training of clinic personnel, including
nursing staff, paramedics and auxiliary staff is
required.
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