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

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

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

References

  1. ↑ "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
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Managing health risks during mass gatherings retrieved 25 Jan 2023
  4. ↑ Hajj Information retrieved 30 Jan 2023
  5. ↑ 21 million Shiites mark Arbaeen in Iraq's Karbala retrieved 30 Jan 2023
  6. ↑ Kerman pays homage to Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani retrieved 6 Feb 2023
  7. ↑ 1.4 crore people take dip as Kumbh Mela begins retrieved 30 Jan 2023
  8. ↑ Mauni Amavasya: Sangam turns into biggest confluence of human faith as 5 cr devotees take dip retrieved 30 Jan 2023
  9. ↑ Photos: One million Muslims start Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca retrieved 30 Jan 2023
  10. ↑ https://en.irna.ir/news/83522737/Arbaeen-pilgrims-count-hits-18-million Arbaeen pilgrims count hits 18 million]
  11. ↑ "Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings". Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  12. ↑ "Mass Gatherings and Public Health" (PDF). 2007. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  13. ↑ "Communicable disease alert and response for mass gatherings" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-11-04.
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