Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 393; no. 10185; pp. 2073 - 2084
• Main Authors: Memish, Ziad A, Steffen, Robert, White, Paul, Dar, Osman, Azhar, Esam I, Sharma, Avinash, Zumla, Alimuddin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 18.05.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Casualties; Crowding; Disease control; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Festivals; Global Health; Globalization; Health Planning - standards; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Health services; Humans; Infectious diseases; Mass Casualty Incidents - prevention & control; Mass murders; Medicine; Musical performances; Olympic games; Outbreaks; Pandemics; Paralympic Games; Pilgrimages; Planning; Public health; Public Health - standards; Religion; Risk Assessment; Rivers; Security services; Shootings; Sports; Suicide bombings; Surveillance systems; Saudi Arabia; United States > US; Las Vegas Nevada

Mass gathering events are associated with major public health challenges. The 2014 Lancet Series on the new discipline of mass gatherings medicine was launched at the World Health Assembly of Ministers of Health in Geneva in May, 2014. The Series covered the planning and surveillance systems used to...