Health : Virgin Islands (British)

A listing of web sites that provide links to resources relating to the British Virgin Islands. The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the British Virgin Islands is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   The major online source of health information are the databases of the World Health Organization, and with regard to Latin American and the Caribbean that source is the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, D.C. PAHO is an international public health agency working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. They provide a variety of databases such as the Health library for disasters; the Adolescent Health database; and the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences. Please search in the previous sites under: Virgin Islands (U.K.).

BRITISH FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, TRAVEL ADVICE: BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  (http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel/countryadvice.asp?BV)
The Travel Advice Unit of the Consular Division of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides daily-updated travel guidelines for the British Virgin Islands. Topics discussed include safety and security, transportation, local laws and customs, road safety, entry requirements, health care, and natural disasters.

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: BASIC COUNTRY HEALTH PROFILES, SUMMARIES  (http://www.paho.org/english/sha/prflvik.htm)
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) offers a profile of the British Virgin Islands, which are an overseas territory of Great Britain. This profile was released in 1999 and features a socioeconomic, political, and demographic overview of the islands that includes pertinent statistics. PAHO also provides information on health issues for various population groups, diseases and other health-related problems, and health care services in the British Virgin Islands.

MD TRAVEL HEALTH - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS  (http://www.mdtravelhealth.com/destinations/mamerica_carib/british_virgin_islands.html)
Features complete travel health information, updated daily for physicians and for travelers.

TRAVEL DOCUMENT SYSTEM  (http://www.traveldocs.com/vg/)
Features British Virgin Islands travel entry and visa document requirements and information.