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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 Elachola  1 , Abdullah Assiri  2 , Abdual Hafiz Turkestani  3 , Samba S Sow  4 , Eskild Petersen  5 , Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq  6 , Ziad A Memish  7
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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.
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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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