Professor Nick Zwar

Professor Nick Zwar

Professor Zwar is a GP and executive dean at the faculty of health sciences and medicine, Bond University, Qld.

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Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Keeping travellers safe through the major dengue upsurge

4th September 2019
Travellers in the Asia Pacific need to be aware that the region is currently experiencing a major upsurge in dengue fever. …
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Philippines
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

A GP's guide to the pitfalls of medical tourism

27th March 2019
Medical tourism has been defined as people travelling outside their home country for medical treatment.1 Precise…
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Dental procedures
Clinical Focus Case Report

When travellers bring back more than memories

18th March 2019
Andrew is a 27-year-old international student from Canada. He recently returned from a three-week trip to Nepal, where he…
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nepal chitwan
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

How to prevent rabies in travellers

21st November 2018
Rabies occurs in more than 150 countries and is responsible for about 59,000 human deaths worldwide per year.1 Although…
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barbary macaque
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Cruise ship tips to ensure plain sailing

3rd October 2018
The cruise industry is booming worldwide, but nowhere more so than in Australia. The number of Australian ocean cruise…
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cruise ship
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Patients need to be hep B prepared

6th August 2018
Providing travel health advice involves risk assessment, taking into account "this traveller, this trip, at this time". A…
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Thailand
Clinical Focus Therapy Update

Dangerous dengue

24th April 2018
Travellers to the Pacific need to be warned about the risk of dengue fever and protect themselves against mosquito bites in…
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