Nowadays the concept of SBET is gaining more acceptance from many authorities especially in the use of low risk area such as in Southeast Asia. Some nataional guideline such as in German and Swiss guideline prefer SBET to chemoprophylaxis in low risk area. World health organization (WHO) also mention about the use of SBET in Southeast Asia as attached…
DetailsIn the past, when travelers planed to visit tropical countries, their doctors would recommended antimalarial medication to prevent malaria if their destination were malaria risk area. So generally, the doctors had 2 options i.e. prescribe or not prescribe antimalarial prophylaxis depend the area. The concept of “Standby emergency treatment of malaria (SBET)” is relatively…
Details[:en]Let’s go back to the question. Is it necessary to get rabies vaccine before travel in Southeast Asia? As in any vaccine; we have to consider the risk of getting the diseases and the cost/side-effect of vaccine. Benefit of vaccines should clearly outweight the cost and side-effect of vaccine. In that case we’ll recommend the…
DetailsWell, it depends…..before we will answer the above question. Let’s begin with some practical knowledge of rabies: 1. Rabies is a zoonotic disease (animal borne); you may get rabies when you are bitten/licked by infected animals. 2. It is a fatal disease with no effective treatment available. Once a patient develops symptoms; he/she will eventually die. So it is an…
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