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Safe travels: Ensuring you have had all the jabs, avoid high-risk areas and make sure food is property cooked are easy ways to avoid falling ill on holiday

The rapidly spreading, deadly ebola outbreak i Africa is a cause  for grave concern – although health officials stress that Britons need not worry unduly. 

It does, however, highlight how important it is to take precautions when visiting countries where there is a possibility of contracting diseases unheard of at home.

Here, PROFESSOR LARRY GOODYER, head of the Leicester School of Pharmacy at De Montfort University and deputy chairman of the British Global and Travel Health Association, explains how to avoid everything from traveller’s tummy, to something more serious.