There is no fee to join IAMAT. Membership is valid for one year and renewable with a donation - your contribution is tax-deductible.
Top Five Reasons to Join
1. Staying healthy during your trip is important to you.
- IAMAT members get access to qualified doctors and mental health providers committed to assisting travellers abroad. Our practitioners are vetted by us, an organization with over 50 years of experience.
2. All the latest travel health information you need comes from a trusted source.
- Our impartial and unbiased recommendations are aggregated from our medical collaborators around the world and respected travel medicine sources to help you make informed travel health choices.
3. You're helping other travellers.
- Our members spread the word and engage other travellers about travel health. Your membership allows us to expand our travel health education programs and international medical services to serve more travellers.
4. Joining means that you're part of a growing community of responsible travellers.
- Knowing about the possible travel health risks, and being prepared, offers you a better chance of preventing illness and stopping the spread of infectious diseases through international travel.
5. If you wish to make a donation, your contribution is tax-deductible.
- We are a recognized charity in Canada and the US. In addition to supporting our travel health programs and projects, your gift provides travel medicine training scholarships to doctors and nurses from low income countries who will be able assist you and other international travellers.
>> Where Does My Donation Go?
As a member you have access to the following privileges:
IAMAT Membership Card
Present your IAMAT Membership Card to our affiliated doctors and mental health practitioners. As a member you pay the participating healthcare provider IAMAT's fixed rate for the first consultation. Renewing your membership with a donation guarantees uninterrupted
access to our medical services.
IAMAT Medical Directory
Get access to qualified IAMAT affiliated doctors and clinics in more than 90 countries and 350 cities. Participating doctors and mental health practitioners are fluent in English, will refer you to a specialist in all fields of medicine and report to your own doctor if required.
IAMAT Traveller Clinical Record
A pamphlet to be completed by your physician before departure which provides the IAMAT healthcare provider with your readily accessible medical history.
IAMAT Quarterly e-Newsletter
Receive useful travel health tips and updates, including the latest information on travel medicine developments that may affect your trip. Sent to your inbox four times per year.
IAMAT Travel Health Planner
Select your travel destinations and get an instant, personalized guide to our medical services and comprehensive travel health information for the countries you are visiting. Print a copy, save securely for future reading, or access on your mobile.
As a public service, we also provide detailed and up-to-date travel health resources free of charge:
World Immunization Chart
Details vaccination requirements and recommendations for all countries, outlines geographical areas with risk of Hepatitis B, Japanese Encephalitis, Lyme Disease, Plague, Rabies, Tick-borne Encephalitis, and Yellow Fever, and offers preventive measures.
World Malaria Risk Chart
Shows Malaria risk areas worldwide, infection transmission patterns, vector information, and outlines regions affected by anti-malarial drug resistance.
How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria
Discusses the lifecycles of the Malaria parasite in vector mosquitos, offers mechanical and pharmaceutical protection guidelines, and details medication dosages, side-effects, and contraindications, as well as alternative measures for pregnant travellers, children, and people with special needs and drug sensitivities.
Be Aware of Schistosomiasis
Describes the lifecycle of the Schistosoma trematode flatworm, a parasite transmitted by snails living in fresh water such as lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds. Outlines infection transmission patterns, vector information, and preventive measures.
World Schistosomiasis Risk Chart
Details Schistosomiasis (also known as Bilharzia) risk areas in the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
When Hiking through Latin America, Be Alert to Chagas’ Disease
Informs travellers to Central and South America about the lifecycle of the Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite transmitted to humans by the Triatoma insect. Details risk areas and appropriate preventive measures.
IAMAT Travel Health Blog
A forum for sharing knowledge and expertise relating to matters in travel medicine and health.
You can also purchase:
Guide to Healthy Travel
An A to Z primer on the treatment and prevention of travel related illnesses. Written by Dr. Elaine C. Jong, MD, Clinical Professor (Emeritus) of Medicine, University of Washington, and Chair of IAMAT's International Medical Advisory Board.
All the proceeds from your purchase go towards our International Travel Medicine Education Program, helping doctors and nurses from low income countries to study, research and train in travel medicine.
24 World Climate and Food Safety Charts
A set of charts outlining water, dairy products, and food safety. Includes altitudes, monthly average temperatures and weather conditions, as well as clothing recommendations for 1440 cities around the world.
All the proceeds from your purchase go towards our International Travel Medicine Education Program, helping doctors and nurses from low income countries to study, research and train in travel medicine.
La Mosquettetm Bed Net
Weighs only 5lbs, is free standing and portable. No ceiling hooks required. It protects you against malaria and other infectious diseases transmitted by insects. It's also ideal for cottage use to prevent mosquito and blackfly bites at night. We also carry crib size bed nets.
La Mosquettetm is sold at cost.
