Visit a travel Doctor.
Purchase and take with you enough Travelan preventative
medication to cover the length of the trip, as it may not
be available overseas.
Make up a small medical kit. Include items such as headache
tablets, antiseptic cream, a cotton wool, band-aids, safety
pins, 30+ sunscreen and appropriate insect repellent.
Take out comprehensive medical insurance, one that covers
general medical expenses, existing medical conditions, hospitalizations
and medical evacuations.
If you are on prescribed medications, do not stop taking
it because you have left Australia. Ask your doctor for
a letter detailing the contents of tablets or other medicine.
Keep the letter and a copy of the doctor's prescription
with the medication you take overseas.
Before leaving home, you should check that the medications
are legal in the country you are visiting. You can do this
by contacting the country's embassy or high commission.
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