Kelvin Murray from SILVERTIP Expedition and Diving Management (www.silvertipworld.com) offers advice on medical issues, insurance and equipment when planning a trip to dive in a warm climate.

Mark Hannaford, EM director has written a report about the Diving Medicine course in the Maldives in October 2010.

An increasing number of us are heading to more remote areas to discover that dream dive, which means that you may be exposed to an increasing number of diseases.

Malaria is common and caused by the parasite Plasmodium. There are several different types that effect humans, most commonly Plasmodium falciparum. The others are less common and cause a milder form of the disease that is rarely fatal.