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Research agenda for mass gatherings: a call to action[1]
Summary
A WHO-authored review setting out a public-health research agenda for mass gatherings, motivated by their implications for global health security. It frames five major research directions: reducing the risk of public-health emergencies during mass gatherings; restricting the occurrence of non-communicable and communicable diseases; minimising the effect of public-health events associated with mass gatherings; optimising medical services and treatment of disease during mass gatherings; and developing and applying modern public-health measures. The authors argue that pursuing these directions would yield medium- to long-term benefits for mass-gathering planning.
Key findings
- Proposes a five-direction public-health research framework for mass gatherings.
- Directions span emergency-risk reduction, communicable/non-communicable disease, effect mitigation, medical-service optimisation, and modern public-health measures.
- Positions mass-gathering research as integral to global health security.
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