Doctors warn travellers against winging it

By Robert Upe
Updated May 4 2013 - 2:08am, first published 12:00am
Travel consultant Stefan Hellmuth is a stickler for vaccinations in part because a friend returned from Mali with malaria. More than 50 per cent of travellers skip vaccinations. Photo: Jason South
Travel consultant Stefan Hellmuth is a stickler for vaccinations in part because a friend returned from Mali with malaria. More than 50 per cent of travellers skip vaccinations. Photo: Jason South

Headed to Bali? Beware of rabies and hepatitis. Thailand? Don't drink the water. Africa? Yellow fever is rife in some countries. India? Typhoid could kill you.

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