Reducing risks to health and wellbeing at mass gatherings: The role of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-104

  Aitsi Selmi, Amina ^a,b   Murray, Virginia ^a,c   Heymann, David ^a,d   McCloskey, Brian ^a   Azhar, Esam I ^e   Petersen, Eskild ^f,g   Zumla, Alimuddin ^h   Dar, Osman ^a,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNISDR Scientific Technical Advisory Group   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster Risk Reduction; Global Health; Hajj; Mass Gatherings; Policy; Sendai Framework

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MASS GATHERING; RELIGION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED NATIONS; WELLBEING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROWDING (AREA); DISASTER; ISLAM; LEISURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TRAVEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROWDING; DISASTERS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL;

EID: 84964685780     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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