The internet is full of international travel advice. However, because of the volume of information, it can be quite confusing. Health Advice and Immunizations for Travelers cuts through the confusion.The book contains over 30 pages of practical advice for all international travelers. It has up-to-date advice on all important topics for travel including: immunizations, immunization reference chart, costs of vaccines and prescriptions, routine travel advice on water purification and foods to avoid, decreasing arthropod exposure, pediatric travel information, anti-malarial medications, prescription needs for traveler's diarrhea, medications for prophylaxis, medications for gastroenteritis, management of common problems like jet-lag, health insurance coverage, travel kit information, altitude sickness, travel advice for the pregnant female, and other useful information for your trip.Dr. Gullberg has worked as a physician in Haiti, India, Africa (the Congo), Dominican Republic, and Honduras. Because of the wealth of his experience, he knows travel medicine thoroughly and has headed an International Travel Clinic for three decades, where he has personally advised well over 10,000 patients.Robert M. Gullberg M.D., F.A.C.P. is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine and grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois. He was educated at Northwestern University and then attended the University of Illinois Medical School and graduated in 1981. He did his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Evanston Hospital, then affiliated with Northwestern University Medical School. That was followed by a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
