'Getting to Grips...' online events and video guides

Online guides and webinar sessions for health professionals interested in travel health

NaTHNaC introduced live webinars in 2018 to discuss the dilemmas posed by some common clinical queries to the NaTHNaC Health Professional Advice Line. By 2021, the clinical team were hosting regular lunchtime sessions on Zoom to help Yellow Fever Vaccination Centres with travel health issues.

From 2024, this has been opened up to all health professionals interested in travel health. Whether it be discussing our recent website updates such as our news items, factsheets or country information page disease and vaccination changes, or clinical scenarios from our advice line, we hope to bring our work to life and enable you to make better use of our resources, in your practice.

These events will be live but also recorded and made available on this page. Transcripts available upon request.

Below you will find 'Getting to Grips...' video guides on topics and online event recordings will follow after each session.

Getting to grips with...

Japanese encephalitis

Are you a healthcare professional looking for guidance on Japanese encephalitis?

Join us on this recording of a recent GTG seminar and find out more about Japanese encephalitis, the vaccine and how you can help your travellers reduce their risk of this infection.

Hosted by Dr Lisa Ford, Clinical Advisor and Mary Gawthrop, Specialist Nurse (Travel Health).

Recorded: 8 May 2025

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Challenging malaria queries

Are you a healthcare professional looking for guidance on challenging malaria cases?

Join us on this recording of a recent GTG seminar to understand the malaria risk in different traveller groups.

Hosted by Dr Catherine Smith, Consultant and Rachael Fletcher, Specialist Nurse (Travel Health).

Recorded: 7 March 2025

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Dengue

Getting to grips with dengue: 4 December 2024

Unfortunately there was a technical issue with the recording of the live event. We plan to repeat the event later in 2025. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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Advising pregnant travellers

Are you a health professional advising pregnant women planning to travel abroad?

Listen to this recording of a recent GTG seminar on pregnancy and travel to help you support pregnant travellers.

Hosted by Rachael Fletcher and Mary Gawthrop, Specialist Nurses (Travel Health).

Recorded: 27 September 2024

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Travelling with HIV

Are you a healthcare professional looking for guidance on supporting patients with HIV who wish to travel?

Join us on this recording of a recent GTG seminar to hear some thoughts on how to manage such situations.

Hosted by Dr Catherine Smith, Consultant.

Recorded: 21 June 2024

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Tick-borne encephalitis

Do you have any questions about tick-borne encephalitis? Would you like more information about how to look at a traveller's risk of TBE?

Listen to this recording of a recent GTG seminar and find out more about tick-borne encephalitis, the vaccine and how you can help your travellers reduce their risk of this infection.

Hosted by Dr Lisa Ford, Clinical Advisor and Mary Gawthrop and Rachael Fletcher, Specialist Nurses (Travel Health).

Recorded: 28 March 2024

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Vaccine scheduling challenges

Do you ever wonder how to complete a course of vaccine when the traveller turns up days or months or years later, having not completed their vaccine schedule?

Join us on this recording of a recent GTG seminar to hear some thoughts on how to manage such situations.

Hosted by Hilary Simons, Senior Specialist Nurse (Travel Health).

Recorded: 25 January 2024

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The International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis for yellow fever

A practical guide for health professionals in designated yellow fever vaccination centres (YFVC): please use in conjunction with the Yellow Fever Zone website.

Presented by Rachael Fletcher, Specialist Nurse (Travel Health).

Updated: April 2020

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Disclaimer: The healthcare professional who is directly advising the traveller remains responsible for individual risk assessments relating to travel and for any clinical decisions made regarding the administration of vaccines, other prophylactics, or for information given regarding travel health.