The International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare, aware of the importance of travel safety, launched a project: SAFE TRAVEL, as one of the topics in the Seafarers’ Health Information Programme (SHIP).
SHIP stimulates seafarers to take responsibility for their health within their life- and work environment and to be better prepared for a trip onboard.
Although SHIP addresses individual seafarers on lifestyle related issues, SHIP is also an instrument for Health Promotion in the Workplace.
Seafarers are travellers and are exposed to the same health risks as all travellers.
Although the maritime industry has a tradition of working with periodic health checks, vaccinations and international health regulations, the preparation for a voyage by individual seafarers is not always up to modern-day standards.
Some aspects of travel preparation are important for a company and the management has to take responsibility. For example, a company may have a vaccination policy for all seafarers as part of the periodic medical health examinations. This may be important in case a vessel has to enter an area with health risks that can be prevented by immunisation.
On the other hand a seafarer may also take additional vaccinations, not necessarily required by health authorities or by a company policy but for individual health reasons.
The SHIP Safe Travel campaign provides both the company and the individual seafarer with general and specific information on how to prepare for a seagoing voyage.
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