Mass gathering
Mass gatherings are events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host community, state/province, nation, or region where it is being held.[1][2] Definitions of a mass gathering generally include the following:
- Planned (long term or spontaneously planned) event
- “a specified number of persons (at least >1000 persons).
- at a specific location, for a specific purpose (e.g. social function, public event, sporting event) for a defined period of time”.
- Requires Multi-Agency Coordination [citation needed]
Mass gatherings are usually sporting events (such as Olympic Games) or religious pilgrimages (such as Kumbh Mela or Arba'een Pilgrimage). They are highly visible [3] and in some cases, millions of people attend them.
Statistics
[edit]Here is some Statistics about the latest mass gatherings in the world:
2022:
July: Hajj in Mecca: 1 million [4]
September: Arba'een Pilgrimage in Karbala: 21 million [5]
2020-2021:
No more mass gathering due to COVID-19
2020:
January: Qasem Soleimani's funeral in Tehran: 7 million [6]
2019:
January: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad: 14 million [7]
February: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad: 50 million [8]
August: Hajj in Mecca: 2.5 million [9]
October: Arba'een Pilgrimage in Karbala: 18 million [10]
Mass Gathering Medicine is a new field of medicine that focuses on the health risks of mass gatherings.[11] The World Health Organization through its "Department of Global Alert and Response" supports Member States hosting mass gatherings and regularly receives a large number of requests for technical support by countries organizing large mass gatherings.[12][13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "4º Encontro da Rede CIEVS (Centro de Informação em Saúde para Viajantes)" [Brazil- Conference: The 4th Annual Meeting of the CIEVS network], Mass Gathering Guidelines= OEI, 2010-10-28
- ^ Ranse, Jamie; Hutton, Alison (December 2012). "Minimum Data Set for Mass-Gathering Health Research and Evaluation: A Discussion Paper". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 27 (6): 543–550. doi:10.1017/s1049023x12001288. ISSN 1049-023X. PMID 23174040. S2CID 45404363.
- ^ Managing health risks during mass gatherings retrieved 25 Jan 2023
- ^ Hajj Information retrieved 30 Jan 2023
- ^ 21 million Shiites mark Arbaeen in Iraq's Karbala retrieved 30 Jan 2023
- ^ Kerman pays homage to Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani retrieved 6 Feb 2023
- ^ 1.4 crore people take dip as Kumbh Mela begins retrieved 30 Jan 2023
- ^ Mauni Amavasya: Sangam turns into biggest confluence of human faith as 5 cr devotees take dip retrieved 30 Jan 2023
- ^ Photos: One million Muslims start Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca retrieved 30 Jan 2023
- ^ https://en.irna.ir/news/83522737/Arbaeen-pilgrims-count-hits-18-million Arbaeen pilgrims count hits 18 million]
- ^ "Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings". Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ "Mass Gatherings and Public Health" (PDF). 2007. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ "Communicable disease alert and response for mass gatherings" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-11-04.