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Global health and travel security risks review.
MEDICAL RISK RATING DEFINITIONS International SOS assigns medical risk ratings to countries* by assessing a range of health risks and mitigating factors including: infectious diseases, environmental factors, medical evacuation data, the standard of available local emergency medical and dental care, access to quality pharmaceutical supplies, and cultural, language or administrative barriers.
TRAVEL SECURITY RISK RATING DEFINITIONS The travel security risk rating evaluates the threat posed to travellers and international assignees by political violence (including terrorism, insurgency, politically motivated unrest and war), social unrest (including sectarian, communal and ethnic violence) as well as violent and petty crime. Other factors, such as the robustness of the transport infrastructure, the state of industrial relations, the effectiveness of the security and emergency services and the country’s susceptibility to natural disasters are also considered where they are of suffcient magnitude to impact the overall risk environment for travellers.
