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: Objective: To explore injury deaths in international and domestic interstate travellers, together with those newly arrived to Australia. Methods: A population‐based cohort study of all injury‐related deaths between 1January 2006 and 31 December 2017 registered with Births Death and Marriages in Australia was conducted using Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Cause of Death information. Population data on travellers were obtained from Tourism Research Australia. Results: There were 4,503 injury‐related traveller deaths (domestic interstate:3,055; international:934; new arrivals:514). The average annual age‐standardised mortality rates in domestic interstate travellers was 0.75 per 100,000, compared with 2.22 per 100,000 in international travellers. Leading causes of injury‐related death were land transport incidents (n=1495, 33.2%), self‐harm (n=786, 17.5%) and falls (n=513, 11.4%), with differences in mechanism by state/territory, traveller type and age group. Intentional self‐harm was common amongst all visitor types, however, it was the primary cause of death in new arrivals Conclusion: Age‐standardised mortality rates were almost three‐fold higher in international than domestic travellers. New arrivals, international and domestic travellers have different injury profiles, and each require specific prevention strategies. Implications for public health: While COVID has restricted travel to and within Australia, this has provided an opportunity for exploration, reflection, and consideration of risk factors for travellers, and to develop targeted injury prevention strategies for visitor types, so travel experience can be optimised and the magnitude of harm can be reduced., Injuries are a leading cause of travel‐related mortality and morbidity globally.[sup.1,2] While Australia is not typically considered a dangerous country for visitors, injuries and deaths occur.[sup.2,3] In 2019, there were [...]

Introduction: Community pharmacists play an important role in pre-travel preventive care and treating the conditions and diseases travellers may acquire during or post-travel. They provide travellers with medicines (preventive, prescription and over the counter), travel health advice, health supplies and vaccination based on their travel itinerary and individual health profile. The health of international and outbound Qatari travellers is an important area of practice and there is a dearth of studies on Qatari community pharmacists' knowledge and practice of travel health and travel medicine. This study aims to investigate Qatari community pharmacists' level of knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) towards travel medicine. Methods: In this study (Oct-Nov 2022), a cross-sectional study was conducted with 117 community pharmacists using a self-administered standardized questionnaire comprising of demographics and practice profile of pharmacists and questions covering knowledge, attitude and practice regarding travel medicine using Google Forms. Descriptive analysis of the collected data was performed using IBM SPSSS 38.0. Results: The survey showed that a significant portion of community pharmacists (56.4%) are aware of travel medicine but lack practical knowledge regarding the practice of travel medicine. Furthermore, most of these pharmacists (59%) recognized the significance of fundamental understanding of travel medicine and consider it their responsibility to provide travel health services. Yet only a small fraction of pharmacists provided travel-related medicines and health services to individuals visiting them. Conclusion: Although the participants displayed a positive attitude towards travel medicine, a noticeable knowledge gap existed. This knowledge gap may have contributed to their attitude and the limited practice of travel medicine observed among them. Stakeholders should offer training, resources, and a supportive regulatory environment for Qatari community pharmacists to provide travel health services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]