Mass gathering

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] 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 Gathering Medicine is a new field of medicine that focuses on the health risks of mass gatherings.[2] The World Health Organization through its department of the 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.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "4º Encontro da Rede CIEVS (Centro de Informação em Saúde para Viajantes)", Mass Gathering Guidelines= OEI, 2010-10-28 
  2. ^ "Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings". http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/massgatherings.html#a0. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 
  3. ^ "Mass Gatherings and Public Health". 2007. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/98415/E90712.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 
  4. ^ "Communicable disease alert and response for mass gatherings". http://www.who.int/csr/Mass_gatherings2.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-04. 

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