• Eurosurveillance · Sep 2010

    The Hajj: communicable and non-communicable health hazards and current guidance for pilgrims.

    • Z A Memish.
    • Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. zmemish@yahoo.com
    • Eurosurveillance. 2010 Sep 30; 15 (39): 19671.

    AbstractThe Hajj has become the epicenter of mass migration of millions of Muslims of enormous ethnic diversity. No other mass gathering can compare, either in scale or in regularity. Communicable disease outbreaks of various infectious diseases have been reported repeatedly, during and following the Hajj. The Hajj 2010 starts in the first week of November 2010 and this report is a timely reminder that many infectious diseases can be avoided or averted by adopting appropriate prophylactic measures.

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