Cholera shots, prophylactic antibiotics and 200,000 condoms — medicine at the Olympics

Australia’s Olympics medical director says infectious diseases are a top concern.
Rachel Fieldhouse
Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick. AAP.

Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick’s preparation for the Paris Olympics has not involved reps or running but wargaming for a gastro outbreak and river-borne Escherichia coli.

Australia’s first female Olympics medical director says it is not just musculoskeletal injuries on the agenda but rhinovirus, UTIs and the threat of gastro ripping through the Olympic village.