Bergen
Haugesund
Stockton-on-Tees
Stavanger
Erbil
Saint Pierre
and Miquelon (Fr.)
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Navassa Island (U.S.)
Turks and Caicos
Islands (U.K.)
U.S. Virgin Islands
British Virgin IslandsSt.Martin
Sint Eustatius and Saba
Montserrat
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Anguilla
Falkland Islands (U.K.)
South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)
Bouvet Island (No.)
Clipperton Island (Fr.)
Pitcairn (U.K.)
Niue (N.Z.)
Midway Atoll
(U.S.)
Palmyra Atoll
(U.S.)
Johnston Atoll (U.S.)
French Polynesia
Cook Island
(N.Z.)
American Samoa
Tokelau (N.Z.)
Wallis and
Futuna
Jan Mayen (No.)
Faroe Islands (Dk.)
Svalbard (No.)
Saint Helena
(U.K.)
Europa Island (Fr.)
Réunion
Tromelin Island (Fr.)
Juan de Nova
Island (Fr.)
Glorioso Islands (Fr.)
Mayotte
Crozet Islands (Fr.)
Wake Island (U.S.)
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
New Caledonia
Norfolk Island (Au.)
Coral Sea
Islands (Au.)
Ashmore and Cartier
Islands (Au.)Cocos (Keeling) Islands
(Au.)
Christmas Island
(Au.)
Mc Donald and
Heard Islands (Au.)
Chagos Archipelago (U.K.)
Azores (Pt.)
Canary Islands (Es.)
Madeira (Pt.)
Chatham Islands
(N.Z.)
Greenland
Alaska
(U.S.)
Galápagos Islands
(Ec.)
South Orkney Islands
(U.K.)
South Shetland Islands
(U.K.)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Easter Island
(Cl.)
Kingman Reef (U.S.)
Howland Island (U.S.)
Baker Island
(U.S.)
Jarvis (U.S.)
Puerto Rico
Kerguelen Islands (Fr.)
Sakhalin (Ru.)
New Siberian Islands (Ru.)
Severnaya Zemlya (Ru.)
Franz Josef Land (Ru.)
Novaya Zemlya (Ru.)
Gibraltar
Aleutian Islands (U.S. & Ru.)
Stockholm
Wellington
Lima
Kinshasa
Libreville
Athens
Reykjavik
Tehran
Yaren
Brussels
Frankfurt
Buenos Aires
Copenhagen
Bogotá
Canberra
Montevideo
Santiago
Maseru
Johannesburg Maputo
Pemba
PretoriaAsunción
Gaborone
Windhoek
Nuku’alofa
Port-Louis
Antananarivo
Suva
Harare
Port-Vila
La Paz
Brasília
Lusaka
Lilongwe
Apia
Moroni
Honiara
Luanda
Ilha de Luanda
Dili
Jakarta
Denpasar
Victoria
Brazzaville
Kigali
Nairobi
Quito
Kampala
Mogadishu
Kuala Lumpur
Taipei
Yaoundé
Bangui
Bandar Seri Begawan
Sabah (N.L.)
Paramaribo
Cayenne
Georgetown
Colombo
Panama
City
Addis Ababa
Juba
Abuja
San José
Caracas
Djibouti
Phnom Penh
N’Djamena
Tianjin
Adrar
Managua
Ouagadougou
Bamako
Niamey
San Salvador
Bangkok
Tegucigalpa
Guatemala City
Asmara
Yangon
Sydney
Perth
Auckland
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Rio de Janeiro
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Deadhorse
Arequipa
Kenai
Atyrau
Aktau
Khartoum
Belmopan
Kingston
Vientiane
Port-au-
Prince
Mexico City
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Vung Tau
Havana
Muscat
DhakaRiyadh
Nassau
Doha
Manama
Thimphu
Kathmandu
Kuwait City
Basra
Cairo
Amman
Tripoli
Baghdad
Damascus
Islamabad
Beirut
Rabat
Kabul
Nicosia Tokyo
Seoul
VallettaAlgiers Tunis
Ashgabat DushanbeLisbonWashington Pyongyang
Beijing
Hong Kong (SAR)
Macau (SAR)
Shenzhen
Nanjing
Dalian
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Manila
Shanghai
Ankara
Yerevan
Baku
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Hassi Messaoud
Tashkent
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Ulaanbaatar
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London
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Berlin
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Minsk
Vilnius
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Tallinn
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Vaiaku
Bairiki
Palikir
Dalap-Uliga-Darrit
Santo
Domingo
El Aaiún
Geneva
Malé
Mbabane
Dodoma
Monrovia
Nouakchott
Nouméa
Malabo
Accra
Takoradi
Kumasi
Lomé
Porto-Novo
Port Harcourt
Warri
Lagos
Freetown
Conakry
Banjul
Dakar
Praia
BissauYamoussoukro
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Port
Moresby
Mumbai
Melekeok
Naypyidaw
ZIMBABWE
ZAMBIA
SWAZILAND
SAMOA
WESTERN
SAHARA
NAMIBIA
VIETNAM
VENEZUELA
SAINT VINCENT AND
THE GRENADINES
BONAIRE
Aruba
CURAÇAO
UZBEKISTAN
URUGUAY
BURKINA FASO
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
UKRAINE
UNITED
KINGDOM
UGANDA
TANZANIA
TURKMENISTAN
TAIWAN
TUVALU
TURKEY
TUNISIA
TONGA
TAJIKISTAN
THAILAND
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
SWITZERLAND
SWEDEN
SUDAN
SAINT LUCIA
SERBIA
KOSOVO
SPAIN
SOMALIA
SAN MARINO
SLOVENIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SEYCHELLES
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
RWANDA
RUSSIA
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ROMANIA
MARSHALL ISLANDS
PALAU
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PORTUGAL
PANAMA
POLAND
PAKISTAN
PERU
PARAGUAY
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
SURINAME
FRENCH
GUIANA
NAURU
NEPAL
NORWAY
NETHERLANDS
NIGERIA
VANUATU
NIGER
MOZAMBIQUE
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
MONTENEGRO
MALDIVES
OMAN
MALTA
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MOROCCO
MALI
MACEDONIA
MALAWI
MONGOLIA
MOLDOVA
MADAGASCAR
LIBYA
LESOTHO
LIECHTENSTEIN
SLOVAKIA
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
LAOS
KAZAKHSTAN
NORTH
KOREAKYRGYZSTAN
KENYA
JAMAICA
JAPAN
IRAQ
ITALY
IRAN
INDIA
INDONESIA
ICELAND
HUNGARY
CROATIA
HONDURAS
HAITI
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
GUYANA
GUATEMALA
GREECE
GERMANY
GRENADA
GEORGIA
GABON
FRANCE
MICRONESIA
FIJI
FINLAND
CZECH REP.
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH
SUDAN
EL SALVADOR
ESTONIA
IRELAND
ECUADOR
DOMINICAN
REP.
DENMARK
CYPRUS
CUBA
CENTRAL
AFRICAN REPUBLIC
COSTA RICA
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CAMEROON
CHILE
CHINA
CONGO
(DRC)
CONGO
SRI
LANKA
CHAD
CAMBODIA
CANADA
BURUNDI
BRUNEI
BULGARIA
BHUTAN
BRAZIL
SOLOMON ISLANDS
BELARUS
MYANMAR
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA
AND HERZ.
BELIZE
BANGLADESH
BAHAMAS
BELGIUM
BOTSWANA
BARBADOS
AUSTRIA
AUSTRALIA
ARGENTINA
ANGOLA
ARMENIA
ALBANIA
AZERBAIJAN
ALGERIA
AFGHANISTAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
EGYPT
ERITREA
YEMEN
SYRIA
SAUDI
ARABIA
QATAR
LEBANON
KUWAIT
JORDAN
ISRAEL
BAHRAIN
UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES
KIRIBATI
TIMOR-LESTE
ANDORRA
MONACO
SINGAPORE
DOMINICA
SÃO TOMÉ
AND PRÍNCIPE
TOGOSIERRA LEONE
SENEGAL
GUINEA-BISSAU
LIBERIA
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
GUINEA
GHANA
GAMBIA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
CAPE VERDE
BENIN
LUXEMBOURG
SOUTH
KOREA
MEDICAL RISK RATING DEFINITIONS
International SOS assigns medical risk ratings to countries* by assessing a range of
health risks and mitigating factors including: infectious diseases, environmental
factors, medical evacuation data, the standard of available local emergency medical
and dental care, access to quality pharmaceutical supplies, and cultural, language or
administrative barriers.
* The term ‘country’ refers to traditional countries or independent states, as well as other geographic
entities including dependencies, territories and areas of special sovereignty.
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING VARIABLE RISK COUNTRIES
Wide variation of medical risk rating between the quality of medical care available in the major cities and what is generally available throughout the rest of the country. • In major cities: an appropriate standard of medical care is available from selected providers. • Elsewhere: medical care, emergency services and dental care may be basic. Access to prescription drugs may be limited and medication quality may be an issue. Infectious diseases may pose a threat in some regions.
LOW MEDICAL RISK COUNTRIES
Appropriate standard of care throughout the country. Most specialist care widely available. High-quality emergency
and dental services and a wide range of quality prescription drugs available. Low risk of infectious diseases.
MEDIUM MEDIC AL RISK COUNTRIES
Appropriate standard of care available from selected providers. Reliable emergency services and dental care usually
available. Some risk of food or water-borne diseases. Infectious diseases such as malaria and dengue fever may be
present.
HIGH MEDICAL RISK COUNTRIES
Basic e mergency services and de ntal care may be avai lable. Specialist care is limited. Access to quality prescription
drugs may be limited and, in some cases, counterfeiting and/or improper storage of drugs is an issue. Serious
infectious diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dengue fever and malaria may pose a threat.
VERY HIGH MEDICAL RISK COUNTRIES
Healthcare is almost non-existent or severely overtaxed. There may be very limited or no primary care, emergency
care or dental services. Quality prescription drugs are usually not available. There is a high risk for food or
water-borne infections. Serious infectious diseases such as dengue, malaria, typhoid, and cholera may pose a threat.
TRAVEL SECURITY RISK RATING DEFINITIONS
The travel security risk rating evaluates the threat posed to travellers and international assignees by political violence (including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest and war), social unrest (including sectarian, communal and ethnic violence) as well as violent and petty crime. Other factors, such as the robustness of the transport infrastructure, the state of industrial relations, the eectiveness of the security and emergency services and the country’s susceptibility to natural disasters are also considered where they are of sufcient magnitude to impact the overall risk environment for travellers.
Rates of violent crime are very low. There is no signicant political violence or civil unrest and little sectarian, communal, racial or targeted violence against foreigners. Security and emergency services are efective and infrastructure is sound. Transport services are of a high standard with good safety records and only occasional travel disruption. Industrial action afecting essential services is rare.
Violent crime rates are low and racial, sectarian or political violence or civil unrest is uncommon. If terrorism is a threat, groups have limited operational capabilities, and acts of terrorism are rare. Security and emergency services are efective and infrastructure is sound. Industrial action and transport disruption are infrequent.
Periodic political unrest, violent protests, insurgency and/or sporadic acts of terrorism occur. Travellers and international assignees may face risk from communal, sectarian or racial violence and violent crime. Capacity of security and emergency services and infrastructure varies. Industrial action can disrupt travel.
Protests are frequently violent and may target or
disrupt foreigners; they may be exacerbated by
governance issues, including security or law and
order capacity. Violent crime and terrorism pose
signicant direct or incidental risks to travellers and
international assignees. Communal, sectarian or racial
violence is common and foreigners may be directly
targeted. Certain parts of the country are
inaccessible or of-limits to the traveller.
Government control and law and order may be
minimal or non-existent across large areas. Serious
threat of violent attacks by armed groups targeting
travellers and international assignees. Government
and transport services are barely functional. Large
parts of the country are inaccessible to foreigners.
Travel Security Risk Zones are areas within a country
where the risks faced by travellers and international
assignees are diferent from the country’s overall risk
environment, usually necessitating a diferent level of
preparation.
Stafed by doctors and nurses, security specialists,
air and ground logistics personnel and multilingual
coordinators, our 27 Assistance Centres deliver 24/7
medical and travel security services in more than 99
languages, all over the world.
International SOS has six response centres. They
provide expertise in workplace injury, illness case
management and advice on a patient’s tness to stay
at work or return to work in line with industry
regulations and/or HSE standards.
CLINIC
An accredited, integrated network of clinics and
1,000 medical sites around the world. Practising a
supervised international standard of medicine – in
developed and emerging countries, ofshore and
remote locations.
The Travel Risk Map is a global representation of medical and travel
security risks. Please consult International SOS for more detailed
information on country-specic risks. All risk ratings shown are taken
in November 2016. www.internationalsos.com
TRAVEL RISK MAP 2017
Global h ealth and travel security risks re view
INSIGNIFICANT TRAVEL RISK
LOW TRAVEL RISK
MEDIUM TRAVEL RISK
HIGH TRAVEL RISK
EXTREME TRAVEL RISK
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
INTERNATIONAL SOS ASSISTANCE CENTRE
INTERNATIONAL SOS RESPONSE CENTRE
International SOS Travel Risk Map 2017
International SOS Travel Risk Map 2017