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Meningococcal vaccine coverage in Hajj pilgrims
Lancet, The, 20071343 identifying haemorrhagic stroke; and (d) its use in the emergency setting should be assessed on the basis of pretest probability. The latter deserves a few additional remarks. The proportion of patients with a defi nite stroke seen by Chalela and colleagues (61%) is much lower than that reported from comparable settings, 2,3 where emergency ...
Haitham El Bashir, Harunor Rashid
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Health tracking framework for Hajj pilgrims using electronic health records for Hajj
2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2014Electronic Health Records (EHR) is very important during Hajj period. This paper investigates a new mechanism that creates sharing platform between Health ministry and Hajj ministry to keep pilgrims health records online by using special devices. This environment will provide preemptive approach to reduce health problems and reducing the time and cost ...
Ibtehal Talal Nafea +2 more
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M-HAJJ DSS: A mobile decision support system for Hajj pilgrims
2016 3rd International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS), 2016Performing Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Usually the pilgrims will attend a training before departing for Hajj as a preparation for the ritual process, in order to achieve a ‘mabrur’ Hajj. However, they probably encounter some problems related to Hajj ritual that require immediate decisions especially rituals that is related with ‘Dumm ...
Hasimah Hj. Mohamed +2 more
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Value of rapid testing for influenza among Hajj pilgrims
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2007Muslim pilgrims going on the Hajj are at risk of influenza. The treatment and prevention of influenza with antiviral drugs depends on rapid diagnosis using a near-patient test such as the QuickVue influenza test. The suitability of this test among pilgrims has not been studied in the past and this study assesses the usefulness of the test for ...
Harunor, Rashid +6 more
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[Health risks and advice for Hajj pilgrims].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 2013The Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is the largest mass migration in the world. Each year, 2.5 million Muslims from over 160 countries travel to the same place, 5000-6000 of these being from the Netherlands. During the Hajj, the pilgrims undergo great physical and emotional strain.
Hannah, Visser +2 more
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THE HAJJ Experience of Turkish Female Pilgrims
2010This chapter presents findings from in-depth interviews with female pilgrims traveling from Turkey on their Hajj. The three main motives for the respondents were fulfilling one of the Five Pillars of Islam, visiting the center of the Muslim world, and seeing how others practiced Islam.
Gunlu, Ebru, Okumus, Fevzi
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Mandating influenza vaccine for Hajj pilgrims
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2016Mohammad, Alfelali +4 more
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Genetic Characterization of the Gut Microbiome of Hajj Pilgrims
2018Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is a unique mass gathering event that brings more than 2 million individuals from around the world. Several public health considerations, such as the spread of infectious diseases, must be taken into account with this large temporary influx of people.
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