INTRODUCTION Every year around 150,000 pilgrims from Bangladesh perform Umrah and Hajj. Emergence and continuous reporting of MERS-CoV infection in Saudi Arabia emphasize the need for surveillance of MERS-CoV in returning pilgrims or travelers from the Middle East and capacity building of health care providers for disease containment. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research (I...

OBJECTIVE Bacterial skin infections have been considered as a possible health problem of the Hajj pilgrims. Significant increase in the rate of resistance to commonly used antibiotics against gram positive organisms has been observed. The present study was planned to obtain the microbiological profile of bacterial skin infections and their susceptibility to antimicrobials. METHODS Pyodermas w...

INTRODUCTION The World Health Organization's persistent reporting of global outbreaks of influenza A viruses, including the 2009 pandemic swine A H1N1 strain (H1N1pdm09), justified the targeted surveillance of pilgrims during their annual congregation that pools more than two million people from around 165 nations in a confined area of Makkah city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). METHODO...

ABSTRACT This article analyses how the state in Senegal has managed hajj since liberalisation era early 2000s. Although essence of is religious, it also deeply political and requires that manages complex relations with pilgrims, religious leaders, private travel agencies, politicians Saudi authorities. argues three inter-related imperatives structure conduct Senegalese state: a security imperat...

The Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah and Madinah is one of the biggest annual events in the world, where millions of people congregate for religious rituals over several days. The main challenge for organizers and participants is to ensure a smooth flow through the activities and a safe, healthy and spiritual journey during the pilgrimage. A deep knowledge of how the pilgrims behave during this event ...

The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) is one of the five pillars Islam and a duty which Muslims must perform—once in lifetime—if they are physically financially able do so. In Morocco, from where thousands pilgrims travel every year, Hajj often represents culmination years preparation planning, both spiritual logistical. Pilgrims describe their journey as transformative experience. Upon success...

BACKGROUND The primary data on the patient's status are articulated by the patient and consist of conditions that force the patient to seek treatment. Such data helps the physician effectively to make an appropriate list of differential diagnoses to establish a treatment protocol. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to review the frequency of patients' chief complaints in Hajj to plan ...

To the Editor: As of April 20, 2000, >300 laboratory confirmed cases of meningococcal disease caused by N. meningitidis serogroup W135 (NMW135) have been reported in Saudi Arabia and nine other countries among Hajj pilgrims or their close contacts (1). This is the first reported multinational outbreak of W135 meningococcal disease. NMW135 accounts for <5% of meningococcal disease in the United ...

BACKGROUND Respiratory tract infections are very common among the Hajj pilgrims. Some preventive measures including Influenza vaccination, using face mask and salt water gargling have been considered to control these infections and the reports show conflicting results about the effects of each one of these measures. This study is trying to assess the effects of these recommendations on respirat...

An outbreak of W135 meningococcal disease occurred in the spring of 2000 among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia and their contacts. Clinical isolates from England and France were examined and compared with reference strains from other countries. Characterisation of isolates by a range of typing methods showed them to be of clonal origin (ET-37) and closely related to other meningococci with...