Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2020, Pages 247 - 249
Establishing Medical Coverage and Epidemiological Surveillance during the Grand Magal of Touba in Senegal: A Public Health Need
Authors
Cheikh Sokhna1, 2, *, , Balla Mbacké Mboup3, Ndiaw Goumbala2, Mamadou Dieng3, Ahmadou Bamba Sylla3, Didier Raoult4, Philippe Parola1, Philippe Gautret1
1Aix Marseille University, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
2VITROME, Campus International IRD-UCAD de l’IRD, Dakar, Senegal
3Région Médicale de Diourbel, Diourbel, Senegal
4Aix Marseille University, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
*Corresponding author. Email: cheikh.sokhna@ird.fr
Corresponding Author
Cheikh Sokhna
Received 24 January 2020, Accepted 18 May 2020, Available Online 26 June 2020.
- DOI
- 10.2991/jegh.k.200620.001How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Mass gathering; Covid-19; surveillance system; Grand Magal of Touba; Senegal
- Abstract
The Grand Magal is a religious pilgrimage that takes place in Senegal. An estimated 4–5 million individuals yearly gather in the holy city of Touba. Pilgrims comes from the whole Senegal and surrounding countries and from countries outside of Africa where Mouride Senegalese emigrated. It is the largest Mass Gathering (MG) event of the Mouride community and the largest Muslim religious MG in West Africa. The context of the Grand Magal MG is unique given its location in a tropical developing country and its international component which may favour the globalization of local endemic diseases and warrants investment in modern methods for public health surveillance and planning of the event.
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- © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - JOUR AU - Cheikh Sokhna AU - Balla Mbacké Mboup AU - Ndiaw Goumbala AU - Mamadou Dieng AU - Ahmadou Bamba Sylla AU - Didier Raoult AU - Philippe Parola AU - Philippe Gautret PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/26 TI - Establishing Medical Coverage and Epidemiological Surveillance during the Grand Magal of Touba in Senegal: A Public Health Need JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health SP - 247 EP - 249 VL - 10 IS - 4 SN - 2210-6014 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.200620.001 DO - 10.2991/jegh.k.200620.001 ID - Sokhna2020 ER -