If you're abroad, then all the precautions on this website still apply, but there are some special precautions you should also take, particularly if you're visiting developing countries:

• If you require medical or dental treatment, try to ensure any equipment used is sterile or taken from a sealed pack
• If you're visiting an area where availability of sterile needles and syringes for medical treatment is in doubt, consider taking a special kit with you
• If you need a blood transfusion, ask for blood that has been screened for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C

For more information on travelling safely see our Travel safe leaflet (PDF, 99KB)
or visit www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/