Habida Elachola, Shahul H Ebrahim, Barrak Alahmad, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Ernesto Gozzer, Victoria Pando-Robles, Ait Hadj Sliman Issam, Ziad A Memish
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Abstract
The 2026, 2030, and 2034 FIFA World Cups present unprecedented public health challenges due to multi-country hosting, climate threats, and coexisting mass gatherings. Strategic, coordinated, and anticipatory health preparedness-grounded in surveillance, vaccination, and risk communication-will be essential to safeguard global health, ensure participant safety, and promote sustainable mass gathering management.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Travel Medicine is a publication that focuses on travel medicine and its intersection with other disciplines. It publishes cutting-edge research, consensus papers, policy papers, and expert reviews. The journal is affiliated with the Asia Pacific Travel Health Society.
The journal's main areas of interest include the prevention and management of travel-associated infections, non-communicable diseases, vaccines, malaria prevention and treatment, multi-drug resistant pathogens, and surveillance on all individuals crossing international borders.
The Journal of Travel Medicine is indexed in multiple major indexing services, including Adis International Ltd., CABI, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, Gale, Journal Watch Infectious Diseases (Online), MetaPress, National Library of Medicine, OCLC, Ovid, ProQuest, Thomson Reuters, and the U.S. National Library of Medicine.