--- title: Motorcycle Travelers Guide to International Health & Hygiene description: First Aid kits & health information are important for motorcycle travelers, and this checklist developed by Dr. OraLee Branch will help prepare you. image: https://www.rideadv.com/hs-fs/file-14275767-jpg/images/dr._oralee_branch.jpg --- [![rideadv-logo no bottom text](https://www.rideadv.com/hs-fs/hubfs/rideadv-logo%20no%20bottom%20text.png?width=288&name=rideadv-logo%20no%20bottom%20text.png "rideadv-logo no bottom text")](https://www.rideadv.com?hsLang=en-us) - [+1-458-836-5426](tel:+1458-8365426) - [** WhatsApp ](https://wa.me/14588365426) - [Contact Us](https://www.rideadv.com/contact-ride-adventures?hsLang=en-us) - [Blog](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog?hsLang=en-us) - [**](https://www.rideadv.com/search-results?hsLang=en-us) - [Request Information](https://www.rideadv.com/contact-ride-adventures?hsLang=en-us) [**](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/bid/83655/Motorcycle-Travelers-Guide-to-International-Health-Hygiene#mobile-nav) ### RIDE Adventures Blog # Motorcycle Travelers Guide to International Health & Hygiene Posted by [Eric Lange](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/author/eric-lange) on April 2, 2012 ![Eric Lange](https://www.rideadv.com/hs-fs/hub/43106/file-2225857620.jpg) Since riding his KTM 950 Adventure down to South America in 2008 and launching RIDE Adventures in 2010, Eric now resides in Oregon for most of each year. Riding is still a regular part of his work though, in that guiding tours is a passion he'll always have, and researching new routes and regions allows RIDE Adventures to continue growing and providing reliable travel services to adventure minded riders and travelers from around the world. - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) RIDE Adventures recently had the pleasure to work with a premier authority on the topic of preparing motorcycle travelers for their upcoming trips.  (Those of us who have ever been sick during a vacation before might appreciate this!) ![Dr. OraLee Branch](https://www.rideadv.com/hs-fs/file-14275767-jpg/images/dr._oralee_branch.jpg?width=400&height=300&name=dr._oralee_branch.jpg) Dr. OraLee Branch is an Epidemiologist and Global Health Specialist well known for her work in the Amazonian region of Peru and other places around the world.  Dr. Branch recently took time away from her malaria research to help us create a "Packing Checklist" for motorcycle travelers that covers a wide range of concerns riders might encounter during a motorcycle trip, and accordingly reminds us how to prevent or deal with such situations. (This checklist, which focuses on health concerns during South American travel, can be downloaded here:  ###### *CLICK HERE* For Your Copy of the "Motorcycle Traveler's Health & Hygiene Checklist" Whitepaper Important to note here is that the guided motorcycle tours that RIDE Adventures offers all include some of the basic medical and first aid needs mentioned on this checklist.  If a support vehicle is set to follow your tour, the first aid kit will obviously be more "complete" than tours without a support vehicle.  Of course those who might take advantage of this packing list the most are those [motorcycle rental customers,](https://www.rideadv.com/rentals/?hsLang=en-us) who won't have anyone but themselves to bring such precautionary materials. As if Dr. Branch's wealth of knowledge and background in medicine doesn't make this information valuable enough, get this: She's a motorcycle rider, too!  Frequenting the dirt roads deep in the Amazon Rainforest on her Honda, Dr. Branch undoubtedly knows the types of obstacles and health concerns we face as motorcycle riders.  Our sincere thanks go out to Dr. Branch for her time on this subject, and we hope to see her on an [upcoming motorcycle tour with RIDE Adventures soon!](https://www.rideadv.com/tours-by-type/dual-sport-motorcycle-tours/?hsLang=en-us) ### Subscribe to the RIDE Adventures blog by Email  [![New Call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/43106/952ef3c8-c8e3-4b4d-833a-e2ce5b612f3c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/43106/952ef3c8-c8e3-4b4d-833a-e2ce5b612f3c) ### Browse by Category - [4x4 Adventures (2)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/4x4-adventures) - [Adventure Packing & Planning (37)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/adventure-packing-planning) - [Fixes & Maintenance (16)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/fixes-maintenance) - [Motorcycle 101 (3)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-101) - [Motorcycle Gear (93)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-gear) - [Motorcycle Product Reviews (59)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-product-reviews) - [Motorcycle Rentals (10)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-rentals) - [Motorcycle Reviews (49)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-reviews) - [Motorcycle Safety (39)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-safety) - [Motorcycle Tours (39)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-tours) - [Motorcycle Training (27)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-training) - [Motorcycle Travel Info (102)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/motorcycle-travel-info) - [News & Events (138)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/news-events) - [thailand (1)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/thailand) - [travel advice & suggestions (1)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/travel-advice-suggestions) - [Trip Reports (40)](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/topic/trip-reports) [see all](https://www.rideadv.com/ride-adventures-tour-and-rentals-blog/bid/83655/Motorcycle-Travelers-Guide-to-International-Health-Hygiene#) ### Latest Posts ## Start Your Reservation Process Now. 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