Recommended items for a personal medical kit: antifungal cream, eg Clotrimazole antibacterial cream, eg Muciprocin antibiotics for skin infections, eg Amoxicillin/Clavulanate or Cephalexin antibiotics for diarrhoea, eg Norfloxacin or Ciprof loxacin; Azithromycin for bacterial diarrhoea; and Tinidazole for giardiasis or amoebic dysentery  antihistamines for allergies, eg Cetrizine for daytime and Promethazine for night anti-inflammatories, eg Ibuprofen " antinausea medication, eg Prochlorperazine

antiseptic for cuts and scrapes, eg Betadine antispasmodic for stomach cramps, eg Buscopa contraceptives decongestant for colds and flus, eg Pseudoephedrine DEET-based insect repellent diarrhoea 'stopper1, eg Loperamide first-aid items such as scissors, plasters (Band Aids), bandages, gauze, thermometer (elec­tronic, not mercury), sterile needles and syringes, and tweezers  indigestion medication, eg Quick Eze or Mylanta iodine tablets (unless you are pregnant or have a thyroid problem) to purify water laxative, eg Coloxyl migraine medication (your personal brand), if a migraine sufferer oral-rehydration solution for diarrhoea, eg Gastrolyte aracetamol for pain

permethrin (to impregnate clothing and mosquito nets) for repelling insects steroid cream for allergic/itchy rashes, eg 1 % to 2% hydrocortisone sunscreen and hat throat lozenges thrush (vaginal yeast infection) treatment, eg Clotrimazole pessaries or Diflucan tablet urine alkalisation agent, eg Ural, if you're prone to urinary tract infections.