Travel during pregnancy

Jenny Visser discusses essential travel considerations for pregnant individuals, focusing on a comprehensive pre-travel consultation.

Topics

Intro
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Travel itinerary details
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Contraindications to travel in pregnancy
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Emergency care planning
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Immunizations while pregnant
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Travel vaccine resources
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Malaria-endemic regions
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Travel health kit
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Infectious disease prevention
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Safe water
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Environmental issues
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Modes of travel
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Take-home messages
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Take home messages

The pregnant traveller is immunosuppressed and at greater risk of all causes of infection.
Protection via immunisation may be compromised due to blunted immune response to inactivated vaccines and contraindications to others.
Most pregnant travellers will be able to travel safely, but all risk cannot be eliminated.
Some risks can be reduced through changes in itineraries e.g. by avoiding malaria and zika endemic areas.
Travel insurance is essential and the traveller needs to ensure it covers pregnancy complications and the new born if delivered overseas.

Presenter

Jenny Vissor

Senior Lecturer - Travel Medicine

Jenny is the lead academic for Travel Medicine Postgraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago, Wellington.

Jenny’s background is in general practice having been a general practitioner in Wellington for 12 years before then specialising in travel medicine. Her research interests include the travel health needs of long term expatriates and expedition medicine. She also works part time in clinical travel medicine in Wellington.