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Traveling with GIDEON

Among its many functions, GIDEON has always followed the status of travel-related diseases: the country-specific status of all relevant conditions, vaccine requirements, outbreaks of disease among tourists and expatriates, etc. A module has been added which allows the health professional – or traveler – to review every aspect of travel and health at the click of a button.

When the user clicks the tab at the top of the main Infectious Diseases screen, the following screen appears:

At this point, the user may select either a Region, or Country of interest by clicking on the relevant heading in the left-column boxes:

The right-side column has three tabs that access more information about traveling in specific regions.  Two tabs access information for the health Professional or the Traveler himself, and the third tab is used to explore country-specific information regarding all infectious Diseases relevant to travel:   

Let’s say that we are planning a trip to Kenya. When we click on Kenya, we get this screen:

The  tab generates text regarding all relevant issues regarding the geographical region in question. The health professional can use this to advise the prospective traveler, with access to specific subject links for more detailed information:

Clicking on opens a new window with an expanded display of the content:

The tab is designed to generate useful information for the travelers themselves. Subjects covered are not limited to infectious diseases, but also explore food, water, mosquito repellants, injuries, violence, swimming and diving, and all other subjects related to healthy tourism:

Information accessed by the and tabs is generated by the United States Centers for Disease Control, and is updated frequently. All material in this and other portions of the travel module may be printed out or transmitted by e-mail.

The tab generates a list of diseases of interest in this specific country as well as travel requirements, CDC recommendations, and areas of risk:

GIDEON has been designed to list only those diseases for which further details are available in the GIDEON Infectious Diseases module. By clicking on the disease of interest, the user will access the full text of this specific note. Diseases for which outbreaks of interested to the traveler are displayed in red, with the year and number of cases indicated.  A preview of this note pops up as the mouse passes this disease name.