Caucasian travellers are encouraged to buy high factor sunscreens, especially for children and fair –skinned individuals. Simple preventative advice include:

• Avoid the midday sun
• Start off slowly with sunbathing – don’t forget you may not realise you’ve had too much sun until several hours later
• Avoid getting burnt – it’s the single biggest risk factor for malignant melanoma
• Re-apply sunscreen frequently, especially after swimming

• Use total sunblock on lips, eyelids, nipples and tips of your ears. Watch out too for cheeks, nose, upper chest, shoulders and soles of your feet

• Ideally, protect your head and neck with a wide-brimmed hat, and water lose fitting, around in the sun

• Make sure you have enough of your prescription medications make to last during your trip, as well as a copy of the prescription(s) or letter from your health-care provider on office stationery explaining that the medication has been prescribed for you
• Always carry medications in their original containers, in your carry-on luggage