{"id":570,"date":"2021-10-27T16:29:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T08:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?page_id=570"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T06:19:19","slug":"travel-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/health\/resources\/travel-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel health"},"content":{"rendered":"<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"video-panel\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Video panel\"\n        data-variant=\"content\"\n        data-type=\"short\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n    \n<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VfZP5V93RtU?mute=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-fancybox data-ratio=\"16:9\" data-options='{\"smallBtn\" : \"true\"}'>\n                \n        <div class=\"video__button\" data-variant=\"large\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5.jpg\"\n                alt=\"Groups of students using stairs - play video\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5-1260x630.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/AMMON-20210921-Curtin-Student_Engagement-Shoot02-Tue21-0385_1500-1-aspect-ratio-2-1-5.jpg 1500w\"\n                sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"video-panel__content\">\n            \n                            <h2>Travelling overseas?<\/h2>\n<p>Get travel insurance and register your travel plans.<\/p>\n\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<p>Whatever your destination, considering health issues before you leave is an essential part of planning for an overseas visit. This page provides information to help you prepare for travelling overseas and what you should think about before you leave and after you come home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel resources and advice<\/h2>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Smartraveller:-up-to-date-travel-information-and-advice-before-you-go-overseas\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Smartraveller:-up-to-date-travel-information-and-advice-before-you-go-overseas\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Smartraveller:-up-to-date-travel-information-and-advice-before-you-go-overseas\">Smartraveller: up-to-date travel information and advice before you go overseas<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Smartraveller:-up-to-date-travel-information-and-advice-before-you-go-overseas\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>For up to date travel warnings, travel advice and travel info, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartraveller.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smartraveller website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smartraveller&#8217;s tips for young travellers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Register, subscribe, insure and know the exclusions of your insurance policy<\/li>\n<li>Check the validity of your travel documents<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t ever purchase, carry or consume drugs<\/li>\n<li>Know your alcohol limits<\/li>\n<li>Choose safe transport options<\/li>\n<li>Know the law and respect local customs<\/li>\n<li>Take care of your mates<\/li>\n<li>Phone home regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Health-and-immunisation-advice-for-travelling\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Health-and-immunisation-advice-for-travelling\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Health-and-immunisation-advice-for-travelling\">Health and immunisation advice for travelling<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Health-and-immunisation-advice-for-travelling\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Start planning your trip in advance &#8211; check the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/internet\/main\/publishing.nsf\/content\/health-pubhlth-strateg-quaranti-index.htm\">Department of Health<\/a>\u00a0travel site for general advice about what to consider before you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk\/destinations.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fitfortravel<\/a>\u00a0has up to date travel information, what vaccinations to get, what countries and areas are high risk for malaria and other health advice on a country-by-country basis.<\/p>\n<p>Make an appointment to see a GP at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/health\/medical-centre\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtin Health Service<\/a>, or talk to your local doctor for travel advice and immunisation.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Don't-get-caught-at-Customs!---What-can-I-bring-back-to-Australia?\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Don't-get-caught-at-Customs!---What-can-I-bring-back-to-Australia?\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Don't-get-caught-at-Customs!---What-can-I-bring-back-to-Australia?\">Don&#8217;t get caught at Customs! &#8211; What can I bring back to Australia?<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Don't-get-caught-at-Customs!---What-can-I-bring-back-to-Australia?\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Australia has strict rules about what you can bring in to the country. Don&#8217;t get caught out or have your goods confiscated.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriculture.gov.au\/travelling\/arriving-in-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out what you have to declare<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Sex-in-other-cities\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Sex-in-other-cities\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Sex-in-other-cities\">Sex in other cities<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Sex-in-other-cities\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Sex sometimes happens on holidays whether we plan it or not. We are more likely to take greater risks away from home so to avoid coming home with more than an empty bank account plan ahead and follow these simple tips.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pack condoms before you leave home.<\/li>\n<li>Have an STI test before you go and after you get back.<\/li>\n<li>Sex workers in other countries do not hold the same standards of safer sex and STI testing as they do in Australia. Take condoms and insist on using them.<\/li>\n<li>Drugs and alcohol can impair our ability to keep our wits about us and recognise dangers &#8211; in a foreign place this becomes even more important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prepare before you leave<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For advice on travel insurance, vaccinations, travel documents and more,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smartraveller.gov.au\/guide\/all-travellers\/everyone\/Pages\/advice-for-all-travellers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check out the guide on the Smartraveller website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smartraveller.gov.au\/guide\/Pages\/studying-overseas.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">specific advice if you&#8217;re planning to study overseas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever your destination, considering health issues before you leave is an essential part of planning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"parent":566,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 15:32:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21134,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions\/21134"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}