关键词:
WHO
Mass gatherings
Hajj
Saudi Arabia
摘要:
Dear Editor, As 2018 hajj season nears in August 2018, the global public health community faces the challenge of preparing the pilgrims for this occasion with all the preventative measures detailed in a recently published report [1].1 Advancing pilgrim hosting as a top national strategy and civic duty “They will come to you on foot and on every lean camel, they will come from every deep and distant, wide mountain highway” Quran, Chapter Al Hajj – Verse 27.
[...]from chronic diseases perspective [6], Hajj has witnessed routine, rare and unique non-communicable disease challenges including those related to crowd control strategies to mitigate injuries, advisories for environmental extremes, engineering interventions to reduce slips, trips, and falls, and electronic crowd monitoring to manage response capabilities.
[...]from the personal health perspective of many pilgrims in resource poor countries, pilgrimage related medical screening in host countries may be the only opportunity to receive preventive services such as vaccinations.