C+D Webinar: Cholera Risk in Today’s Traveller
Look beyond outbreak settings and assess cholera risk across more travel scenarios.
Cholera vaccination is often associated with humanitarian aid workers and travellers visiting areas experiencing cholera outbreaks who have limited access to safe water and medical care. However, a broader range of travellers may encounter cholera risk through occupation, activities or underlying health problems.¹
This webinar will provide practical education to help Healthcare Professionals confidently identify cholera risk factors and support conversations within travel health consultations.
This webinar explores:
What cholera is, including its symptoms, disease burden, incidence and diagnostic challenges
Traveller profiles, activities and behaviours that may increase potential exposure
How food, water and common travel experiences can influence cholera risk
Practical measures travellers can take to help reduce the likelihood of infection
Opportunities to include cholera within a comprehensive travel health assessment
How to challenge the perception that cholera vaccination is only relevant in humanitarian or outbreak settings
Approaches to supporting informed and individualised prevention discussions
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Dr Simon Carvell MB ChB FRCGP
Dr Simon Carvell qualified in Medicine from University of Birmingham in 1994.
He completed his postgraduate (GP) training in the West Midlands.
In 2000 achieving a Merit at MRCGP level, he became a GP Partner at a large GP practice in Stourbridge. He has been a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners since 2019.
His areas of special interest and responsibility include undergraduate and postgraduate education. He is the Safeguarding Lead for Adults and Children at his Surgery. He has responsibility for vaccination, the development of the multidisciplinary team and leads the community team. Within his Surgery he has a leading role in maternal and postnatal health and the vaccination programmes. He has also been a lead clinician in the development of the role of the Allied Health care team (AHT) in Primary Care supporting the integration of Pharmacists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Associates. He has supported the development of AHTs as mentor in completion of Prescribing courses.
Dr Carvell has also held a number of professional consultancy and editorial roles. He served on the editorial board of Emma’s Diary and has worked for Everyday Health Group, developing and editing online learning modules for health care professionals.
His consultancy work has focussed on improving delivery of influenza vaccination through podcasts and most recently as a speaker at the Nursing live exhibition.
He recognises the importance of health promotion and naturally this includes ensuring people travelling to exotic and challenging destinations are appropriately protected.
References
- UK Health Security Agency. Cholera: the green book, chapter 14. GOV.UK. August 2024. Available at: https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/media_lib/mlib-uploads/full/the-green-book-chapter-14-cholera-august-2024.pdf. Accessed October 2026.
UK-VUK-2600091 October 2026