Travelers to the FIFA world cup 2014 in Brazil: Health risks related to mass gatherings/sports events and implications for the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

Eberhardt, Kirsten Alexandra; Vinnemeier, Christof D.; Dehnerdt, Johanna; Rolling, Thierry; Steffen, Robert; Cramer, Jakob P.

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.05.014

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“…Various public health concerns were raised before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympics in August, 2016. [48][49][50][51] In February, 2016, WHO declared the Zika virus a public health emergency of international concern owing to the Zika outbreak in Brazil and its association with birth defects. 50 There was global pressure for the Games to be either postponed or moved to another country.…”

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Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Memish

Steffen

White³

et al. 2019

The Lancet

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Mass gathering events are associated with major public health challenges. The 2014 Lancet Series on the new discipline of mass gatherings medicine was launched at the World Health Assembly of Ministers of Health in Geneva in May, 2014. The Series covered the planning and surveillance systems used to monitor public health risks, public health threats, and experiences of health-care providers from mass gathering events in 2012 and 2013. This follow-up Review focuses on the main public health issues arising from planned mass gathering events held between 2013 and 2018. We highlight public health and research data on transmission of infectious diseases and antibioticresistant bacteria, mass casualty incidents, and non-communicable diseases, including thermal disorders. In the events discussed in this Review, the combination of a large influx of people, many from countries with outbreakprone infectious diseases, with a high degree of crowd interactions imposed substantial burdens on host countries' health systems. The detection and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pilgrims attending the Kumbh Mela and the Hajj raise concern of possible globalisation from mass-gathering religious events. Priorities for further investments and opportunities for research into prevention, surveillance, and management of these public health issues are discussed. Search strategy and selection criteriaWe searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for English language papers that were published from a.zumla@ucl.ac.uk disorders. Priorities for further investments and oppor tunities for research into prevention, surveillance, and management of communicable and noncom municable diseases, thermal disorders, and mass casualty incidents are discussed.

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Section: The Rio De Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympicsmentioning

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Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Memish

Steffen

White³

et al. 2019

The Lancet

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“…In the present study, environmental risks threatening the health of participants in MGs included weather risks such as cold, environmental heat,[1215161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142] precipitation,[12] higher humidity,[121520313842] long distance of gatherings and austere environment,[18] mobility of population,[3142] gatherings in outside (external) and unbounded venues,[32] MGs exposed to traffic accidents,[19] the participants’ number and crowd density,[15182028293139] insect bites, and sunburns. [40]…”

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Risks threatening the health of people participating in mass gatherings: A systematic review

Tavan

Tafti

Nekoie-Moghadam

et al. 2019

J Edu Health Promot

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“…A total of 1276 references were obtained from the electronic search of international databases. After finally checking the eligibility criteria, 45 articles 3,16, regarding the health issues in the MGs were included in the review (Figure 1). The characteristics of the included study are shown in Table 1.…”

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Public Health Threats in Mass Gatherings: A Systematic Review

Karami

Doosti-Irani

Ardalan

et al. 2019

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Mass gatherings (MGs) are held throughout the world. The aim of this review was to assess and identify the health threats based on the type of the MG, type of diseases, and injuries. Research platforms such as Web of Science, Medline, and Scopus were searched through June 2017. All epidemiologic studies that investigated the health threats during the MGs, such as communicable diseases, injuries, high-risk behaviors, and environmental health problems, were included in this review. Out of 1264 references, 45 articles were included in the review.Three main types of MGs include religious, festival, and sporting event; and fairs such as trade, book, and agricultural types were also reported in the selected studies. In the religious MGs, infectious diseases were the most common health threat. Road traffic accidents and environmental health problems were additional health threats. At MG sporting events, injuries were the most common health problems. Infectious diseases and alcohol and drug-related disorders were other reported public health concerns. In the festival MGs, alcohol and drug-related problems were commonly reported. This review showed that health threats vary, based on the type of mass gathering. The health organizers of MGs should consider the type of the MG and the health needs and safety of the participants to help them plan their action and provide the needed health care services.

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Travelers to the FIFA world cup 2014 in Brazil: Health risks related to mass gatherings/sports events and implications for the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

Cited by 17 publications

References 42 publications

Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events

Risks threatening the health of people participating in mass gatherings: A systematic review

Public Health Threats in Mass Gatherings: A Systematic Review

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