Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: The Lancet, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
------
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 66 - 74, January 2012
doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70246-8
Global perspectives for prevention of infectious diseases associated with mass gatherings
Original Text
Prof Ibrahim Abubakar FRCSE, Philippe Gautret MD, Gary W Brunette MD, Lucille Blumberg MD, David Johnson MD, Gilles Poumerol MD, Prof Ziad A Memish MD, Maurizio Barbeschi PhD, Ali S Khan MD
Summary
We assess risks of communicable diseases that are associated with mass gatherings (MGs), outline approaches to risk assessment and mitigation, and draw attention to some key challenges encountered by organisers and participants. Crowding and lack of sanitation at MGs can lead to the emergence of infectious diseases, and rapid population movement can spread them across the world. Many infections pose huge challenges to planners of MGs; however, these events also provide an opportunity to engage in public health action that will benefit host communities and the countries from which participants originate.
-doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70246-8
Global perspectives for prevention of infectious diseases associated with mass gatherings
Original Text
Prof Ibrahim Abubakar FRCSE, Philippe Gautret MD, Gary W Brunette MD, Lucille Blumberg MD, David Johnson MD, Gilles Poumerol MD, Prof Ziad A Memish MD, Maurizio Barbeschi PhD, Ali S Khan MD
Summary
We assess risks of communicable diseases that are associated with mass gatherings (MGs), outline approaches to risk assessment and mitigation, and draw attention to some key challenges encountered by organisers and participants. Crowding and lack of sanitation at MGs can lead to the emergence of infectious diseases, and rapid population movement can spread them across the world. Many infections pose huge challenges to planners of MGs; however, these events also provide an opportunity to engage in public health action that will benefit host communities and the countries from which participants originate.
------