Travelling to India for the Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games 2010☆

Received 19 February 2010; accepted 27 April 2010. published online 02 June 2010.

Summary

The 19th Commonwealth Games, conducted once in every four years since 1930, will be held in New Delhi from the 3rd through until the 14th of October, 2010. There will be approximately 17 sports on display and there will also be 15 para-sporting events. This paper focuses on health and safety issues for travellers to India in general, although it provides specific references to advice for visiting Commonwealth Games athletes and team staff, who will be travelling to the games. Whilst it needs be remembered that travel health advice can change, travellers are advised to seek up-to-date travel health advice for India, from their professional providers, closer to their departure.

Keywords: Commonwealth Games, Travel, Health, Safety, India, Delhi

a Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

b Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand

c Travel Health Consultant, New Zealand Academy of Sport, New Zealand

d Wellelsley Medicentre, Kolkata, India

Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 47816108; fax: +61 7 47815254.

☆ Disclaimer: the authors do not necessarily represent the views of the New Delhi XIX Commonwealth Games Organizing Committees or of any other agency connected with the 2010 Commonwealth Games event.

PII: S1477-8939(10)00045-1

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.04.007

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