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
Not to be confused with Mass meeting.

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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