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Toilets and Sanitation at the Kumbh Mela

This case describes efforts to balance public health concerns with religious and cultural practices of religion pilgrims in India. The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest mass gathering in the world, takes place every 12 years in Allahabad, India. Pilgrims…

Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident?

This teaching case describes the fatal stampede in Allahabad, India during the 2013 Kumbh Mela festival, and the lessons it offers for thinking about global health risks and responses to unintentional accidents and injuries related to mass gatherings.…

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