Central America

Antigua and Barbuda

Location

Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-south-east of Puerto Rico.

Personal security, general travel, navigation, off road driving, hot weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, cultures/customs, communications, emergency shelters. Keep beachwear for the beach and resorts.

Use bottled water.

Mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands, with some higher volcanic areas.

Tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation.

Hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October); periodic droughts.

Hepatitis A, polio, typhoid, yellow fever.
Hospital: Holberton Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Highway, St. John's
Tel: 462 0251 / 4

Water management - a major concern because of limited natural fresh water resources - is further hampered by the clearing of trees to increase crop production, causing rainfall to run off quickly.

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