CATMAT
	CMN

Information for Travel Medicine Professionals

• Immunizations
• Outbreaks Reported by different sources
• International Public Health Bulletins
• Maintenance of Competence

The Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)

Comprised of experts from across Canada from such disciplines as tropical medicine, travel medicine, and infectious disease medicine and epidemiology, CATMAT develops recommendations on:

• malaria prevention and treatment;
• the use of approved immunization products prior to travel;
• the use of biologics and other drugs to treat or prevent tropical diseases in the travellers;
• surveillance of tropical diseases acquired by Canadians travelling abroad;
• the dissemination of information and guidelines to Canadian health professionals, the Canadian travel industry, and the Canadian public; and
• the standards and quality of travel medicine advice provided to travellers in Canada .

Canadian Malaria Network (CMN)

The Canadian Malaria Network has been established in 12 medical centres across Canada to facilitate the storage and rapid distribution of parenteral quinine for the treatment of severe P. falciparum infections. CMN Centres can provide, on request, guidance in the management of malaria infections.

Malaria in Canadian travellers
New prevention and treatment recommendations by Canada's leading tropical and travel medicine experts  by Dr. Anne McCarthy

Immunizations

• Vaccine Associated Adverse Events Reporting Form (in PDF Format)

• National Guidelines for Vaccine Storage and Conservation (in PDF Format)

Maintenance of Competence:

• Continuing Education: Conferences

• References/Books:

• Canadian Immunization Guide Sixth Edition 2002
• Don't Drink the Water
• Canadian STD Guidelines (1998 Edition)
• Self Learning Module on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
• WHO International Travel Health (2005), Vaccination Requirements and Health Advice
  Order Form and Information
• Guide d'intervention santé-voyage du Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux[French language]

Cruise Ship Travel

• Canadian Cruise Ship Inspection Program