Supporters
Ben Fogle
As a traveller and adventurer, Ben has seen many of his friends and family suffer from malaria.
He takes prevention of malaria very seriously and is keen to ensure that other travellers do as well in order to prevent this deadly disease.
John Craven
With his father suffering from malaria recurrently throughout his life, John has supported the Malaria Awareness Campaign for the last three years.Kate Humble
Kate has caught malaria twice while travelling and has been lucky enough to survive.
She has teamed up with the Malaria Awareness Campaign to try and ensure that other travellers don't have to go through what she did.
Rageh Omaar
Malaria has been a serious and constant issue in Rageh's personal and professional life. It has affected his family and colleagues and he has also seen its effects people and communities all over the world.
Simon Reeve
Simon has joined forces with the Malaria Awareness Campaign after contracting malaria last year whilst filming 'Equator'. After nearly dying he wants to make sure that other travellers don't share the same experience.
ABTA
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) has supported the campaign for the last four years and actively encourages its members to provide essential travel health advice.Foreign and Commonwealth Office Know Before You Go campaign
Malaria Awareness works in partnership with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Know Before You Go campaign to help British travellers stay safe overseas. Before you go overseas, check out the FCO website at www.fco.gov.uk/travel. It is packed with essential travel advice and tips, and up-to-date country information.British Travel Health Association
As a charity that promotes health among travellers and safe enjoyable travel abroad, the British Travel Health Association supports the Malaria Awareness Campaign. The aim is to inform and educate our travellers of the need to obtain good advice before travel, on preventing malaria infection while travelling abroad to malarious areas.
Measures to prevent malaria could also prevent a number of other infectious diseases spread by insects. Advice from healthcare professionals and travel clinics is a very important part of preparing for an enjoyable holiday abroad.
Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium is an organisation dedicated to improving delivery of prevention and treatment to combat malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Asia. We work with communities, health systems, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services.Useful resources
MALARIA TRAVEL ADVICE
BEEN THERE, BEEN BITTEN
TELL US ABOUT IT
If you have an experience of malaria you wish to share to help educate other UK travellers about the importance of protecting yourself against malaria, please complete your contact details below and a malaria awareness team member from Beattie Communications will be in touch.
© GlaxoSmithKline - All rights reserved