Aviation Health

17C Between Towns Road
Oxford
OX4 3LX

Tel: 01865 715 999
Web: www.aviation-health.org

Aviation Health is an independent medical research non-profit company which was created in 1996. It promotes the health and well-being of passengers world-wide. Its main objectives are research and education into the prevention of air related conditions. Since its establishment they have achieved the following:

• Increased the awareness of air related problems to the medical profession, parliament and the public.
• Pressed for the revision of the Warsaw Convention to include passenger health.
• Focused the airlines to their responsibility for the health of their passengers.
• Compiled a factual database relating to air related problems.
• Promoted methods of prevention.
• Developed a programme for educating the public on preventable airline conditions.
• Made aviation health a high profile issue.
• Supported medical research into air related deep vein thrombosis.
• Stimulated the interest of the international community, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
• Increased the importance of leg room/seat pitch.
• Selected research studies on DVT, cabin air quality, and inflight medical incidents.

The website includes information on the following topics:

• Venous thrombosis.
• Potential effects of radiation.
• Transmission of disease in flight.
• Cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
• Medical contraindications to air travel, guide for general practitioners.
• Aviation research references.