eprintid: 1502801 rev_number: 31 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/50/28/01 datestamp: 2016-07-02 23:18:52 lastmod: 2021-12-21 23:17:56 status_changed: 2017-01-10 13:49:36 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Aitsi-Selmi, A creators_name: Murray, V creators_name: Heymann, D creators_name: McCloskey, B creators_name: Azhar, EI creators_name: Petersen, E creators_name: Zumla, A creators_name: Dar, O title: Reducing risks to health and wellbeing at mass gatherings: the role of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D15 divisions: D12 divisions: G19 keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Infectious Diseases, Policy, Global Health, Sendai Framework, Disaster Risk Reduction, Hajj, Mass Gatherings, INFECTIOUS-DISEASES, HAJJ, SURVEILLANCE note: © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). abstract: Mass gatherings of people at religious pilgrimages and sporting events are linked to numerous health hazards, including the transmission of infectious diseases, physical injuries, and an impact on local and global health systems and services. As with other forms of disaster, mass gathering-related disasters are the product of the management of different hazards, levels of exposure, and vulnerability of the population and environment, and require comprehensive risk management that looks beyond single hazards and response. Incorporating an all-hazard, prevention-driven, evidence-based approach that is multisectoral and multidisciplinary is strongly advocated by the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. This paper reviews some of the broader impacts of mass gatherings, the opportunity for concerted action across policy sectors and scientific disciplines offered by the year 2015 (including through the Sendai Framework), and the elements of a 21st century approach to mass gatherings. date: 2016-06-01 date_type: published publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.006 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1125516 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.006 language_elements: English lyricists_name: Aitsi-Selmi, Amina lyricists_name: Zumla, Alimuddin lyricists_id: AITSI99 lyricists_id: AZUML60 actors_name: Barczynska, Patrycja actors_id: PBARC91 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: International Journal of Infectious Diseases volume: 47 pagerange: 101-104 pages: 4 issn: 1201-9712 citation: Aitsi-Selmi, A; Murray, V; Heymann, D; McCloskey, B; Azhar, EI; Petersen, E; Zumla, A; Aitsi-Selmi, A; Murray, V; Heymann, D; McCloskey, B; Azhar, EI; Petersen, E; Zumla, A; Dar, O; - view fewer <#> (2016) Reducing risks to health and wellbeing at mass gatherings: the role of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. International Journal of Infectious Diseases , 47 pp. 101-104. 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.006>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502801/1/1-s2.0-S1201971216310190-main.pdf