Mass Gatherings and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Surveillance (original) (raw)

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Disease surveillance during a large religious mass gathering in India: The Prayagraj Kumbh 2019 experience Cover Page

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The annual Hajj pilgrimage - minimizing the risk of ill health in pilgrims from Europe and opportunity for driving the best prevention and health promotion guidelines

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2016

Mass gatherings at religious events can pose major public health challenges, particularly the transmission of infectious diseases. Every year the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) hosts the Hajj pilgrimage, the largest gathering held on an annual basis where over 2 million people come to KSA from over 180 countries. Living together in crowded conditions exposes the pilgrims and the local population to a range infectious diseases. Respiratory and gastrointestinal tract bacterial and viral infections can spread rapidly and affect attendees of mass gatherings. Lethal infectious disease outbreaks were common during Hajj in the 19th and 20th centuries although they have now been controlled to a great extent by the huge investments made by the KSA into public health prevention and surveillance programs. The KSA provides regular updated Hajj travel advice and health regulations through international public health agencies such as the WHO, Public Health England, the Centers for Disease Control ...

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