Establishing Medical Coverage and Epidemiological Surveillance during the Grand Magal of Touba in Senegal: A Public Health Need

Authors

Cheikh Sokhna^{1, 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

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
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