{"id":49008,"date":"2014-10-21T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T09:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=afc77445809c65f63635f54d04a024b8"},"modified":"2014-10-21T09:32:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T09:32:00","slug":"news-story-how-to-avoid-delhi-belly-and-the-plight-of-the-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49008","title":{"rendered":"News story: How to avoid Delhi belly and the plight of the bite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Public Health England (PHE<\/abbr>) and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC<\/abbr>) would like to remind travellers from the UK visiting friends and relatives in the Indian subcontinent during the festivities of Diwali (23 October 2014), to practice good food and water hygiene and to avoid insect bites.<\/p>\n

Visiting friends and relatives is still the most common reason for travel after taking holidays. People who travel for this reason often travel for longer periods of time and usually stay within the family or friend\u2019s home. They effectively become members of the local population while they are there and are consequently exposed to similar infectious risks.<\/p>\n

Dr Jane Jones, an expert in travel health at PHE<\/abbr>, said: <\/p>\n

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We strongly advise all travellers to seek health advice before you travel, even if the country you are visiting is familiar to you or your family. People who visit friends and family abroad are disproportionately affected by some preventable infectious disease such as enteric fever, hepatitis A and travellers\u2019 diarrhoea.<\/p>\n

You should make sure you get the appropriate immunisations for your visit and you can reduce the risk of diarrhoea by following some basic food and water hygiene advice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n