Originally Posted by chromedome
Does Flic know what the right medication is? And of course, there will be an ample supply of it at all the pharmacies she'll be riding past? Will she know a bacterial dysentery from amoebic? Different treatments there, mate. And while she's laying around recovering from Pharoah's Revenge, she'll be hanging out in the comfort of her inexpensive hotel room.
No, but the doctor she could see in the next town will. They do have doctors in Africa. And very experienced in the sort of problems likely to afflict a tourist in Africa they are. And pharmacies in any town will have the medication for treating giardia, dysentry, etc. In Zambia you can even have most drugs for free once you pay the 1US$ to join the health centre.