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INTRODUCTION: In early September 2017, Malaysia pledged to send an integrated humanitarian mission to help the Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh after fleeing alleged suppression by the Myanmar military. The Malaysian Field Hospital (MFH) mission aimed to provide secondary medical care to Rohingya refugees in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. METHODS: The MFH operational activities were recorded using daily returns and situation report (SitRep). Data were analysed weekly using Microsoft Excel Office 365 whereas an overall MFH data for the first 3-month mission under the MOH Malaysia flagship were further analysed using Epiinfo version 7.2.2.2 from the US CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. RESULTS: As of 14 February 2018, the MFH received 6,578 patients Among all cases, non-communicable diseases contributed to 59% of diseases seen followed by acute respiratory infections (25%); injuries (9%); skin diseases (3%) etc. Among inpatients (556 cases), the majority of them (82 cases or 14.7%) had acute respiratory infection (ARI) and pneumonia. The MFH recorded eight deaths between 1 December 2017 and 14 February 2018. DISCUSSION: In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, i.e., Goal 3: Health and Well-being, and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, the MOH Malaysia successfully embarked upon strategic partnership in providing acute medical care to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh through the MFH.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-22,
title = {Field Hospital Mission for Refugees - The Ministry of Health Malaysia Experience},
author = {Badrul Hisham Abd Samad and Yuzaidi Mohamad and Asma Razak},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: In early September 2017, Malaysia pledged to send an integrated humanitarian mission to help the Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh after fleeing alleged suppression by the Myanmar military. The Malaysian Field Hospital (MFH) mission aimed to provide secondary medical care to Rohingya refugees in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. METHODS: The MFH operational activities were recorded using daily returns and situation report (SitRep). Data were analysed weekly using Microsoft Excel Office 365 whereas an overall MFH data for the first 3-month mission under the MOH Malaysia flagship were further analysed using Epiinfo version 7.2.2.2 from the US CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. RESULTS: As of 14 February 2018, the MFH received 6,578 patients Among all cases, non-communicable diseases contributed to 59% of diseases seen followed by acute respiratory infections (25%); injuries (9%); skin diseases (3%) etc. Among inpatients (556 cases), the majority of them (82 cases or 14.7%) had acute respiratory infection (ARI) and pneumonia. The MFH recorded eight deaths between 1 December 2017 and 14 February 2018. DISCUSSION: In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, i.e., Goal 3: Health and Well-being, and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals, the MOH Malaysia successfully embarked upon strategic partnership in providing acute medical care to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh through the MFH.},
note = {Type: PLENARY AND SYMPOSIUM; Organisation: 1Disaster, Outbreak, Crisis \& Emergency Management Sector, Surveillance Section, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2Department of General Surgery, Sultanah Aminah Hospital, Johor Bahru, Johor, 3Department of General Surgery, Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital, Batu Pahat, Johor},
keywords = {Coxs Bazar, Malaysian Field Hospital, Rohingya refugees},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}