Advancing the global health security agenda in light of the 2015 annual Hajj pilgrimage and other mass gatherings

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.003

Editorial

. 2015 Nov:40:133-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.003. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Advancing the global health security agenda in light of the 2015 annual Hajj pilgrimage and other mass gatherings

Habida Elachola¹, Abdullah Assiri², Abdual Hafiz Turkestani³, Samba S Sow⁴, Eskild Petersen⁵, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq⁶, Ziad A Memish⁷

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¹ Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
² Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Makkah regional Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Ministry of Health, Bamako, Mali.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmar.
⁶ Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.

PMID: 26456568
PMCID: PMC7129509
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.003

Editorial

Advancing the global health security agenda in light of the 2015 annual Hajj pilgrimage and other mass gatherings

Habida Elachola et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov:40:133-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.003. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Authors

Habida Elachola¹, Abdullah Assiri², Abdual Hafiz Turkestani³, Samba S Sow⁴, Eskild Petersen⁵, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq⁶, Ziad A Memish⁷

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
² Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Makkah regional Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Ministry of Health, Bamako, Mali.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmar.
⁶ Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁷ Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.

PMID: 26456568
PMCID: PMC7129509
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.003

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World health Assembly 67 side event “launch of the lancet series on Mass Gathering Medicine” May 21, 2014, showing from the left to right: Prof. Ziad Memish, Dr. Richard Horton, Dr. Ala Alwan, HE Eng. Adel M. Fakeih, Dr. Margaret Chan, HE Remigiusz A. Henczel, Dr. Brian McCloskey.

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1. Ebrahim S.H., Memish Z.A., Uyeki T.M., Khoja T.A., Marano N., McNabb S.J. Public health. Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj. Science. 2009;326:938–940. - PubMed
1. Memish Z.A., Zumla A., McCloskey B., Heymann D., Al Rabeeah A.A., Barbeschi M. Mass gatherings medicine: international cooperation and progress. Lancet. 2014;S0140–6736(14):60225–60227. - PMC - PubMed
1. Memish Z.A., Assiri A., Turkestani A., Yezli S., Al Masri M., Charrel R. Mass gathering and globalization of respiratory pathogens during the 2013 Hajj. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21:57. - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Global Health- Global Health Security Agenda. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA. http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/ghsagenda.htm. Accessed on September 6, 2015.

[2] Global Health- Global Health Security Agenda. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA. http://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/security/ghsagenda.htm. Accessed on September 6, 2015.

[3] Al Rabeeah A., Memish Z.A., Zumla A., Safi S., McCloskey B., Molla A. Mass gatherings medicine and global health security. Lancet. 2012;380:3–4. - PubMed

[4] Al Rabeeah A., Memish Z.A., Zumla A., Safi S., McCloskey B., Molla A. Mass gatherings medicine and global health security. Lancet. 2012;380:3–4. - PubMed

[5] Ebrahim S.H., Memish Z.A., Uyeki T.M., Khoja T.A., Marano N., McNabb S.J. Public health. Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj. Science. 2009;326:938–940. - PubMed

[6] Ebrahim S.H., Memish Z.A., Uyeki T.M., Khoja T.A., Marano N., McNabb S.J. Public health. Pandemic H1N1 and the 2009 Hajj. Science. 2009;326:938–940. - PubMed

[7] Memish Z.A., Zumla A., McCloskey B., Heymann D., Al Rabeeah A.A., Barbeschi M. Mass gatherings medicine: international cooperation and progress. Lancet. 2014;S0140–6736(14):60225–60227. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Memish Z.A., Zumla A., McCloskey B., Heymann D., Al Rabeeah A.A., Barbeschi M. Mass gatherings medicine: international cooperation and progress. Lancet. 2014;S0140–6736(14):60225–60227. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Memish Z.A., Assiri A., Turkestani A., Yezli S., Al Masri M., Charrel R. Mass gathering and globalization of respiratory pathogens during the 2013 Hajj. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21:57. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Memish Z.A., Assiri A., Turkestani A., Yezli S., Al Masri M., Charrel R. Mass gathering and globalization of respiratory pathogens during the 2013 Hajj. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21:57. - PMC - PubMed

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