Information for Travel Health Professionals

The Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)

CATMAT is an expert advisory body that assists PHAC with travel health-related advice for travellers and health care professionals. Full CATMAT description and objectives and CATMAT Terms of Reference.

Latest CATMAT statements and recommendations

• Canadian Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Among International Travellers
  • Full Statement
  • Prevention Summary
  • Diagnosis and Treatment Summary
  • Special Host Summary
  • Malaria risk and recommended chemoprophylaxis by geographic area
  • Drugs for the treatment and prevention of malaria
• Summary of recommendations for the Prevention of Viral Hepatitis During Travel
• Statement on Poliovirus and the International Traveller
• Statement on Pregnancy and Travel
  • Erratum
• Statement on International Travellers and Typhoid
  • Summary
  • Full statement
• Statement for Travellers and Yellow Fever
• Statement on Personal Protective Measures to Prevent Arthropod Bites
• Fever in the Returning International Traveller
• Statement on Protection Against Japanese Encephalitis
• All CATMAT statements…

Canadian Malaria Network (CMN)

The CMN has been established in 13 medical centres across Canada to facilitate the storage and rapid distribution of parenteral quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe P. falciparum malaria infections. Canadian Malaria Network Centres can also provide, on request, guidance in the management of malaria infections.

Additional resource

• CATMAT: Canadian Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria Among International Travellers

Professional Development

Opportunities for capacity building:

• Alberta Association of Travel Health Professionals (AATHP) Annual Travel Health Symposium and General Meeting
• Canadian Immunization Conference (every two years)
• Colloque Bleu (in French only)
• Infectious Diseases Update
• International Society of Travel Medicine Meetings
• Manitoba Annual Travel Health Conference

Courses

• Immunization Competencies Education Program

Other resources

• Well on Your Way: A Canadian's Guide to Healthy Travel Abroad
• World Health Organization: International Travel and Health
• Canadian Immunization Guide
• National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statements
• National Vaccine Storage and Handling Guidelines for Immunization Providers - 2015
• Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals

Professional Associations / Networks

• International Society of Travel Medicine
• Manitoba Travel Health Network
• Alberta Association of Travel Health Professionals
• American Travel Health Nurses Association