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Accidents & Injuries: Lessons From a Stampede: Instructor's Note

2017

This instructor’s note supports a teaching pack, “Accidents & Injuries: Lessons From a Stampede,” on the 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. The note includes a brief overview, a list of associated materials, and learning objectives. The teaching module is based on a case study, Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident?, and also includes a companion discussion guide, role-play exercise, annotated bibliography, and glossary of terms. The lesson is suitable for undergraduate and graduate classes in the study of religion, humanitarian aid, public health, and emergency medicine with a focus on disaster management. 

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Accidents & Injuries: Lessons From a Stampede: Instructor’s Note. Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University 2017. https://repository.gheli.harvard.edu/repository/12031.