ABSTRACT
This chapter describes many of the risks that traveling workers may be subjected to, and the responsibilities that employers have to protect them while working abroad. It provides sources of accurate information regarding travel risks. The chapter identifies programs and procedures to minimize and control risks, in addition to responding to emergencies. Being the victim of crime or violence, when traveling abroad for work is not unusual in many regions of the world. International travelers may appear racially different, they may dress differently, they may not know the language, and they behave differently from local populations. Many countries are under some forms of political instability or strife, or even civil war. Gunfire and artillery are common occurrences in many countries. A wide variety of infectious diseases that have been eradicated in the western world are still endemic in large regions of the world. Malaria, typhoid, tuberculosis, and yellow fever still are endemic in Africa, India, and large parts of China.
