Mass gatherings are events attended by a sufficient number of people to strain the planning and response resources of the host community, state/province, nation, or region where it is being held.
Definitions of a mass gathering generally include the following:
* Planned (long term or spontaneously planned) event
* “a specified number of persons (at least >1000 persons)
* at a specific location, for a specific purpose (e.g.
social function
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, public event,
sporting event
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) for a defined period of time”.
* Requires Multi-Agency Coordination
Mass Gathering Medicine is a new field of
medicine
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that focuses on the health risks of mass gatherings. The
World Health Organization
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through its "Department of Global Alert and Response" supports Member States hosting mass gatherings and regularly receives a large number of requests for
technical support
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by countries organizing large mass gatherings.
See also
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Flash mob
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List of largest peaceful gatherings
This is a list of the largest historic peaceful gatherings of people in the world at one place for a single event.
Over ten million
Five to ten million
* Around 7–9 million gathered in Karbala, Iraq to commemorate the martyrdom a ...
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Mass movement
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Protests
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Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...
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Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Stadium rock
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Donald Trump rallies
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Victimology
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Mass sexual assault
Mass sexual assault is the collective sexual assault of individuals in public by a group. Typically acting under the protective cover of large gatherings, victims have reported being groped, stripped, beaten, bitten, penetrated and raped.
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