International Journal of Contemporary Microbiology
Open Access
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 1

Strategies and Health Planning for Reduce the Health Risk Problems and Microbiological Setting during the Hajj

  • Author:
  • Sartaj Ahmad1,, Saurabh Sharma2, Manoj Kumar Tripathi3, Arvind Kumar Shikla4, Syed Akhtar Ali5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 77 to 81

1Assistant Professor, Medical Sociology,

2Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine,

3Assistant Professor, Political Science, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut

4Assistant Professor, Statistics, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut

5Research Officer (HRRC, ICMR), LLRM Medical College, Meerut

*Corresponding Author: Dr Sartaj Ahmad, Asstt Professor (Medical Sociology), Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut. Email- sartajsaleem@gmail.com

Online published on 25 March, 2015.

Abstract

Annually, millions of Muslims embark on a religious pilgrimage called the “Hajj”. No other mass gathering can compare, either in scale or in regularity. The extreme congestion of people and vehicles during this time amplifies health risks, such as those from infectious diseases that vary each year. Communicable disease outbreaks of various infectious diseases have been reported repeatedly.

Keywords

Hajj, Pilgrims, Diseases, stratifies, Policy