Thinking about your travel health and vaccinations will save you time, money and might even save your life. Experienced traveller and filmmaker, Tom Jenkinson, shares his experience of staying healthy abroad and what needs to go in your medical kit.

After contracting Malaria in Ghana, anti-malaria campaigner Alex Carter witnessed the death of a child from the disease. Malaria can be prevented through the use of bed nets and malaria prevention tablets. Find out more here.

750 million people around the world contract malaria every year, including 30,000 travellers to tropical countries. If you are planning a trip abroad then make sure you know the facts about malaria prevention, symptoms and treatment.

There are many ways to protect yourself from tropical diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which are spread through mosquitoes infected with the disease. Vaccinations and taking antimalarials will help, but one of the best methods of protection is to prevent mosquito bites. In the following film, experienced traveller, Tom Jenkinson, demonstrates how to protect against mosquito bites whilst travelling in high-risk countries.