Medical & Health Insights
Practical insight into health and medical issues that can affect travellers abroad.
Access to appropriate medical care can vary significantly between destinations, and even a relatively routine illness can become more difficult to manage away from home.
Our Medical & Health Insights explore treatment abroad, hospitalisation, medication, medical evacuation and wider travel health issues to help travellers understand what to consider before and during a journey.
El Niño and Travel Health: What the 2026–27 Weather Pattern Could Mean for Travellers
A very strong El Niño is increasingly likely during late 2026 and early 2027. From extreme heat and flooding to wildfires, disease and travel disruption, here is what the developing weather pattern could mean for international travellers.