http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/ Ultimate South America travel tips on hotels, flights, destinations, holiday types, beaches and more. Wed, 22 May 2013 08:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1364 Tim Vincent Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:03:35 +0000 http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1364 <p>Malaria is such a problem for families with young children and finding useful information like this is quite difficult. My young son had been taking mefloquine, on our last trip but it got increasingly more difficult to get him to take it on a regular basis to the point that he wouldn't have it at all in the 4 weeks after returning home. Such a worry!</p> Malaria is such a problem for families with young children and finding useful information like this is quite difficult. My young son had been taking mefloquine, on our last trip but it got increasingly more difficult to get him to take it on a regular basis to the point that he wouldn’t have it at all in the 4 weeks after returning home. Such a worry!

]]> http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1351 Tom Brown Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:53:51 +0000 http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1351 I don't think any hilly area can be totally malaria free. So the pills to avoid having risks of Malaria should be taken. I don’t think any hilly area can be totally malaria free. So the pills to avoid having risks of Malaria should be taken.

]]> http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1348 admin Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:40:22 +0000 http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1348 Hester - no I'm not sure, but I do my best! As I said, I take the info from the Fit For Travel NHS website. As their site points out, some areas are deemed "very low risk - malaria pills usually not advised", but that's different from saying an area is totally malaria free..... so good point you make! Hester - no I’m not sure, but I do my best! As I said, I take the info from the Fit For Travel NHS website. As their site points out, some areas are deemed “very low risk - malaria pills usually not advised”, but that’s different from saying an area is totally malaria free….. so good point you make!

]]> http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1329 Hester Borm Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:29:04 +0000 http://bigtravelweb.com/travel/2010/07/16/malaria-free-rainforest-destinations/#comment-1329 Are you sure the information provided by this website is accurate? I am asking this question because two years ago I contracted a tropical disease in the Bolivian jungle (near Rurrenabaque) which, according to Dutch medics, was supposed to be uncontractable for at least another 500 kilometers. As I grew suspicious I compared other Dutch-Bolivian maps (that display the spread of tropical diseases like malaria and dengue) and found them all to be quite different. Are you sure the information provided by this website is accurate?
I am asking this question because two years ago I contracted a tropical disease in the Bolivian jungle (near Rurrenabaque) which, according to Dutch medics, was supposed to be uncontractable for at least another 500 kilometers. As I grew suspicious I compared other Dutch-Bolivian maps (that display the spread of tropical diseases like malaria and dengue) and found them all to be quite different.

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