Mass gathering
{{Short description|Event attended by a significant number of people}}
{{Confuse|Mass meeting}}
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.{{citation | title = 4º Encontro da Rede CIEVS (Centro de Informação em Saúde para Viajantes)
|trans-title=Brazil- Conference: The 4th Annual Meeting of the CIEVS network| work = Mass Gathering Guidelines= OEI
| date = 2010-10-28
}}{{Cite journal|last1=Ranse|first1=Jamie|last2=Hutton|first2=Alison|date=December 2012|title=Minimum Data Set for Mass-Gathering Health Research and Evaluation: A Discussion Paper|journal=Prehospital and Disaster Medicine|language=en|volume=27|issue=6|pages=543–550|doi=10.1017/s1049023x12001288|pmid=23174040|s2cid=45404363 |issn=1049-023X|url=http://www.canberra.edu.au/researchrepository/items/5be91b8d-61bc-37ed-4961-c4a53a11d65d/1/|url-access=subscription}} 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 {{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}
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 [https://www.who.int/activities/managing-health-risks-during-mass-gatherings Managing health risks during mass gatherings] retrieved 25 Jan 2023 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 [https://mecca.net/hajj-information/ Hajj Information] retrieved 30 Jan 2023
September: Arba'een Pilgrimage in Karbala: 21 million [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220917-21-million-shiites-mark-arbaeen-in-iraq-s-karbala 21 million Shiites mark Arbaeen in Iraq's Karbala] retrieved 30 Jan 2023
2020-2021:
No more mass gathering due to COVID-19
2020:
January: Qasem Soleimani's funeral in Tehran: 7 million [https://en.imna.ir/photo/404717/Kerman-pays-homage-to-Lieutenant-General-Qassem-Soleimani Kerman pays homage to Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani] retrieved 6 Feb 2023
2019:
January: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad: 14 million [https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/1-4-crore-people-take-dip-as-kumbh-mela-begins-1431763-2019-01-16 1.4 crore people take dip as Kumbh Mela begins] retrieved 30 Jan 2023
February: Kumbh Mela in Allahabad: 50 million [https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/mauni-amavasya-sangam-turns-into-biggest-confluence-of-human-faith-as-5-cr-devotees-take-dip-3482471.html Mauni Amavasya: Sangam turns into biggest confluence of human faith as 5 cr devotees take dip] retrieved 30 Jan 2023
August: Hajj in Mecca: 2.5 million [https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/7/7/photos-one-million-muslims-start-hajj-pilgrimage-in-mecca Photos: One million Muslims start Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca] retrieved 30 Jan 2023
October: Arba'een Pilgrimage in Karbala: 18 million https://en.irna.ir/news/83522737/Arbaeen-pilgrims-count-hits-18-million Arbaeen pilgrims count hits 18 million]
Mass Gathering Medicine is a new field of medicine that focuses on the health risks of mass gatherings.{{cite web |title=Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings |url=http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/massgatherings.html#a0 |accessdate=2010-11-04 |archive-date=2018-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073502/https://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/massgatherings.html#a0 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|title=Mass Gatherings and Public Health|url=http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/98415/E90712.pdf|year=2007| accessdate =2010-11-04}}{{cite web|title=Communicable disease alert and response for mass gatherings|url=https://www.who.int/csr/Mass_gatherings2.pdf | accessdate =2010-11-04}}
See also
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