Prevalence of Diseases in Malaysian Battalion of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Year 2017/2018

Jaya Junaidi Mohd Kenali, Noorhashirin Harith Amin Muslan: Prevalence of Diseases in Malaysian Battalion of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Year 2017/2018. 2019, (Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Malaysian Armed Forces Health Services, Kuala Lumpur).

Abstract

METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted based on the secondary data pertaining to the patients registered at both Malaysian Battalion’s Level 1 Hospital, Marakah Camp and Tibnin Camp in South Lebanon from Sep 2017 to Aug 2018. RESULTS: A total of 2069 cases recorded among peacekeeping personnel in Malaysian Battalion’s Level 1 Hospital of Marakah and Tibnin Camp. Fifty-nine per cent of the cases reported were medical health cases. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (16%) was found to be the highest, followed by Skin/Burn (10%), Musculoskeletal (9%), Others (6%), Gastrointestinal (6%), Ear-Nose-Throat (3%), Fever (3%), Eye (2%), Neurological (2%), Fracture (1%) and Pulmonary (1%). The highest prevalence of admission was to the level 1 hospital (0.5%), followed by level 3 hospital (0.5%) and level-2 hospital (0.3%). Three cases of medical repatriation were also reported.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-245,
title = {Prevalence of Diseases in Malaysian Battalion of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Year 2017/2018},
author = {Jaya Junaidi Mohd Kenali and Noorhashirin Harith Amin Muslan},
year  = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {METHODS: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted based on the secondary data pertaining to the patients registered at both Malaysian Battalion’s Level 1 Hospital, Marakah Camp and Tibnin Camp in South Lebanon from Sep 2017 to Aug 2018. RESULTS: A total of 2069 cases recorded among peacekeeping personnel in Malaysian Battalion’s Level 1 Hospital of Marakah and Tibnin Camp. Fifty-nine per cent of the cases reported were medical health cases. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (16%) was found to be the highest, followed by Skin/Burn (10%), Musculoskeletal (9%), Others (6%), Gastrointestinal (6%), Ear-Nose-Throat (3%), Fever (3%), Eye (2%), Neurological (2%), Fracture (1%) and Pulmonary (1%). The highest prevalence of admission was to the level 1 hospital (0.5%), followed by level 3 hospital (0.5%) and level-2 hospital (0.3%). Three cases of medical repatriation were also reported.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Malaysian Armed Forces Health Services, Kuala Lumpur},
keywords = {Disease, Malaysian Battalion, prevalence},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}