March to May is vacation time and fiesta season in the country. To avoid food poisoning, diarrhea, heat-associated ailments and recreation-associated injuries, the public is advised to take the following precautions.

• Food and Water-borne Diseases
  • Typhoid
  • Cholera
  • Hepatitis A
  • Food Poisoning
  • Other Diarrheas
• Sore Eyes
• Measles (Tigdas)
• Mosquito-borne Diseases
  • Dengue
  • Malaria
• Other Conditions
  • Sunburn
  • Prickly Heat

Health Tips

Food and drinks

• Cook food properly.
• Preferably, foods must be eaten immediately after cooking (while still hot).
• Left-over food should be refrigerated and reheated before being eaten.
• Food handlers should wash their hands before and after food preparation.
• If sick, you should avoid preparing food for others.
• Avoid drinking water and iced beverages of doubtful quality.
• If water quality is doubtful, boil your drinking water for at least 2 minutes.
• Peel and wash fruits / vegetables before eating.
• Wash hands before and after eating.

At the beach

• Do not allow children to swim without the company of an adult who can swim and is not drunk.
• Avoid staying under the sun with scanty clothes for more than 3 hours as this predisposes to sunburn, heat exhaustion and the worst, heat stroke.
• Should you want a tan, drink plenty of fluids so as not to dehydrate yourself.

While on the road

• Check your vehicle very well before going on a trip.
• Bring your repair kit with you.
• When drunk, never attempt to drive.