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Military Aspects of Managing Public Health Issues
Enhancing civilian and military partnerships to meet
public health needs
Halyna Lugova MD PhD MPHAssociate Professor
Faculty of Medicine and Defence HealthNational Defence University of Malaysia
Civilian Military
Partnership
National Security
Control of diseases
Shared services
R&D
Community integration
• National Security Council Directive No. 20
• Military engaged in support roles
• No clear mandate in disaster response
• Impact on preparedness to engage with the response activities, or to coordinate with other national and international actors
National Security
Common Issues of Public Health Concern
• Control of infectious diseases
• Support from MOH
• IHR, Ebola, MERS-CoV
• Peace Support Operations
• Non-communicable diseases
• Environmental pollution
Infectious diseases
2013 – July 2016:
225 dengue cases (101 case – North Formation)
37 leptospirosis cases (22 cases – North Formation)
Malaysian PeacekeepingCongo 1960-1962Iran/Iraq 1988-1991Namibia 1989-1990Western Sahara 1991-presentAngola 1991-1995Iraq/ Kuwait 1992-2003Cambodia 1992-1993Bosnia Herzegovina 1993-1998Liberia 1993-1997Somalia 1993-1994Mozambique 1993-1995
Community integration
• Understanding of psychosocial and health needs
• Enabling local recruitment opportunities• Educational needs for service children
• Serving personnel, families and veterans
Shared services
• Municipal services• Infrastructure• Utilities
• Operation services• Maintenance services
• Need for increased cooperation between the military and civilians in terms of addressing public health concerns
• Mutually beneficial learning from each other
• Enhancing of military and civilian cooperation is mostly required on issues of national security such as disaster management and bioterrorism; control of diseases, community integration, research and shared services