INTERNATIONAL SOS and Control Risks have jointly published the Travel Risk Map 2016, a heat map which displays medical and security hotspots around the world.
An annual Health Risk Map has been published since 2010, but is now renamed Travel Risk Map for 2016 to take into account the added travel security risk ratings.
Countries and regions are rated either ‘Extreme’, ‘High’, ‘Medium’, ‘Low’, or ‘Insignificant’ in security risk while medical risk ratings range from ‘Low’, ‘Medium’, ‘High’, ’Very High’ or ‘Rapidly Developing Variable Risk’.
David Teo, regional medical director, South and South-east Asia, International SOS, said: “We created the Travel Risk Map to help travellers align their pre-trip preparations proportionately with the risks they may encounter in a particular location.
“Even in countries with a low medical risk rating and state-of-the-art medical services, travellers may still need assistance with language or navigating an unfamiliar health care system – both of which can be significant barriers to obtaining care.”
The Travel Risk Map 2016 can be viewed here.
