OVER 25,000 BRITISH MUSLIMS are amongst the 2 million people who perform the Hajj pilgrimage each year making it the largest annual gathering on earth. You need to know what you are in for.

Almost all pilgrims will experience some form of illness due to a number of factors unique to the Hajj. These include:

1. Pilgrims from 140 countries, each bringing the illnesses associated with their homelands.
2. Overcrowding.
3. Inadequate nutrition.
4. Poor accessibility to clean drinking water.
5. Heat exhaustion.
6. The considerable physical exertions and travel, often undertaken by foot, necessary to full the Hajj rites.

Download the full guide here: Top Tips for A Healthy Hajj (pdf.)

This research was compiled by HEALTH AT HAJJ AND UMRAH RESEARCH GROUP