Civil-Military Coordination for Health Response to Urban Disaster in Malaysia: Document Analysis

Abstract

Civil-military coordination remains pivotal during health response in disasters. This study examined the existing civil and military documentation on the health response to urban disasters and assessed the extent of interagency coordination for urban disasters among health and health-related agencies in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 25 papers were finally examined by the READ approach for document analysis using qualitative content analysis and focused on the functions of different organizations such as the Ministry of Health, Malaysian Armed Forces