Mass Gathering Medicine

Chair

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    Harunor Rashid

    Chair, Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group
    Australia

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    Salim Parker

    Co-Chair, Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group
    South Africa

Steering Council

  • Najim Alshahrani, Saudi Arabia
  • Miguel M. Cabada, USA
  • Santanu Chatterjee, India

MGM Guidelines Editors

Ziad Memish, Salim Parker, Robert Steffen, Santanu Chatterjee, Harunor Rashid, Jaffar Al-Tawfiq, and Keston Daniel.

Regional Representatives

  • African Region: Tari Papavarnavas
  • The Americas Region: Keston Daniel and Kristina Angelo
  • South-East Asia Region: Watcharapong Piyaphanee
  • European Region: Shuja Shafi and Robert Steffen
  • Western Pacific Region: Xinyu Wang and Luis Furuya Kanamori
  • Eastern Mediterranean Region: Shaymaa Abdalal, Farah Al-Ansari

Charter

  • Provide an interactive professional forum for ISTM members interested in mass gathering medicine
  • Advance the discipline of mass gathering medicine, and inspire innovation in the field
  • Develop relevant educational guidelines for travel medicine practitioners on specific travel health issues relevant to mass gathering medicine
  • Foster collaboration with various societies and WHO Collaborating centres working in the fields of mass gathering medicine, event medicine, disaster medicine and global health security
  • Develop and maintain an evidence-based knowledge pool in mass gathering medicine
  • Promote the importance of travel-related issues for those working in the sphere of mass gathering medicine
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