Worldtravelcenter.com is proud to publish its eleventh issue of World Travel Health, a free monthly electronic newsletter focusing on health and safety topics of interest and concern to international travelers around the world.

World Travel Health combines original articles and features provided by Worldtravelcenter.com^SM with contributions from some of the most well-regarded travel and health publishers on the web and in the world. In Feature Articles this month, Traveling in a World with Standards is a report on the successful and unsuccessful international standards that world travelers confront today. HIV is a World Fact reminds all travelers – and parents of travelers – that Knowledge = Survival. In his public letter, Lightning Protection: New Myths & Old Realities, Richard Kithil teaches us about the dangers of lightning, nature's unpredictable electrical force.

In addition, this issue includes GlobalNotes, highlighting current health and safety hotspots around the world, and a Travel Health & Safety Quiz by Miriam Meijer, just for fun! Sam Halpern, one of our own Worldtravelcenter.com^SM editors, has provided a helpful Travel Insurance Primer with easy to understand definitions and advice about the confusing topic of travel insurance. And don't miss out on jetStream Travel Stories, a collection of exotic photos and tales from Worldtravelcenter.com contributing authors.

While you're here, take a moment to explore Worldtravelcenter.com^SM for all your worldwide medical insurance, travel insurance, and travel protection needs, featuring an easy-to-use worldwide travel insurance Policy Picker^SM and free instant iQuote^SM. Also, take a minute to check out WTC's companion magazine, jetStream, full of helpful worldwide travel information and links, including instant international currency conversion, online international air, hotel, and car reservations, current world news and weather, and much more.

For questions and comments about Worldtravelcenter.com, its World Travel Health newsletter, or its travel companion jetStream, contact Miriam Meijer:
miriam@worldtravelcenter.com
Phone: 1-800-234-1862

Feature Articles
Traveling in a World
with Standards
HIV is a World Fact
Lightning Protection:
New Myths & Old Realities
jetStream Travel Stories
Travel Insurance Primer

GlobalNotes
Worldwide
Asia
Africa
Europe
Oceania
Middle East

Fun and Games
Travel Health & Safety Quiz