The Association of British Hujjaj (pilgrims) UK (A.B.H) launched its pre-travel health & safety campaign to raise awareness amongst British overseas travellers.
Senior doctors from A.B.H expressed their extreme concern about the wide spread ignorance amongst overseas travellers of the necessity of taking Health & Safety precautions before and during their visit. A substantial number of these travellers do not take the vaccinations required, and that they are risking their health by not taking the proper preventative measures against the diseases like Meningitis, Malaria and Hepatitis which are potentially life-threatening. Many cases of Meningitis, Malaria and Hepatitis have been diagnosed in the UK travellers in recent years and deaths from malaria doubled from 2002 to 2003 amongst these travellers. The senior doctors have warned specifically those who plan to travel during this summer holiday season to Saudi Arabia and South Asian countries i.e. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh to take appropriate precautions to minimise their exposure to health hazards. The lack of sanitation and hygiene facilities in these developing countries is a major cause of concern.
"We strongly urge the travellers to speak to their GP, practice nurse or travel clinic up to eight weeks before travelling to get the best advice on protection", said the doctors in their joint statement.
The Association of British Hujjaj (pilgrims) UK is a charitable National organisation working for the welfare and wellbeing of the British overseas travellers including Hajj &Umrah pilgrims.
The Association also condemned the recent attempted terrorist attacks in the UK as acts of terrorism which are un-Islamic and totally personal act, because Islam preaches peace, harmony, law and respect for all religions and individual.
These events sent a shockwave across the Muslim community throughout the country. There is absolutely no justification for such brutal act of killing or inflicting harm on innocent people. We strongly urge all the law abiding citizens regardless of their ethnic origins, colour and creed that they should extend their full co-operation to Law Enforcement authorities to ensure these atrocious acts do not occur again.
The Community strongly believes that their values must also be protected so they can live in peace and harmony in this multicultural and multi-faith society.

The British Muslim Community highly appreciates the stance taken by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the government during this crisis. We assure the government of our full support in every step they take to achieve the desired objectives.