Malaria and travel insurance

The travel insurance policies i have seen will void policies if recommended medications and injections are not taken. How do others who dont take antimalarials get around this? What travel insurance if any do you have?

Malaria and travel insurance

Follow NHS advice and take Malarone.

You know it makes sense.

Malaria and travel insurance

Go to a different company that has a better policy. You know this is far more sensible than loading your body with toxic drugs, particularly when it ios not necessary.

Let%26#39;s not open this can of worms again!

hutch0 - suggest you do a search of the forum to get the pros and cons in full detail.

I have done a search but couldnt find anything about what people did for travel insurance. I%26#39;m not after advice about whether or not to take antimalarials just about what travel insurance arrangements those who dont take them make

Quick question hutcho. how do the insurance companies know whether you are taking anti-malarials?

do as the rufus suggested, shop around. prob get it cheaper too.

and beware, dont mention whether you should take them, or not, in this forum!

Some of us on these forums live in Asia, and others spend several months per year there. None of us take anti-malarial meds (withthe exception of NGO workers based in the deep jungle areas) but all of us take precautions when in malaria risk areas. Those are the keywords here folks- RISK AREAS. Things change seasonally and there are ocassionally sporadic outbreaks each year and it also depends on precipitation and other weather conditions. Malaria is not the only thing to worry about, either. Denge fever is also spread by mosquitoes and if you want to attempt swimming in the rivers in Laos or Thailand, you may have to deal with a case of leptospirosis, cases of which seem to be on the increase nowadays, and patients often present with the same symptoms as dengue, so it can be misdiagnosed.

Cover your arms and legs, use only DEET-based mosquito repellent, and burn mosquito coils to keep the bugs off yu, and don%26#39;t go hopping inthe rivers if you%26#39;ve got open wounds.

Regarding insurance, I use the AIU insurance policy offered at my travel agency.

Off to Laos on Saturday, woo-hoo!!!

Oh, it%26#39;s a very good idea to have your Hep A %26amp; B shots, a tetanus booster (and typhoid, if you can get it!). If you are spending just a few days there, you probably do not need to worry...