Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response
The COVID-19 pandemic that emerged in 2019 has inflicted numerous clinical and public health challenges worldwide. It was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization and activated response teams at almost all Malaysian healthcare facilities. Upon activation of the National Cr...
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| author | Abdul Rassip Muhammad Nur Amir Awatef Binti Amer Nordin Yin Cheng Lim Nor Izzah Binti Ahmad Shauki Nor Hayati Binti Ibrahim |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic that emerged in 2019 has inflicted numerous clinical and public health challenges worldwide. It was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization and activated response teams at almost all Malaysian healthcare facilities. Upon activation of the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Center in January 2020, the National Institutes of Health Malaysia established a COVID-19 operation room at the facility level to address the rise in COVID-19 infection cases each day. The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 operation room committee formed a workforce mobilization team for an effective and efficient mobilization system to fulfill requests received for human resource aid within the Ministry of Health Malaysia facilities. Selected personnel would be screened for health and availability before mobilization letters and logistics arrangements if necessary. The workforce from the National Institutes of Health, consisting of various job positions, were mobilized every week, with each deployment cycle lasting 2 weeks. A total of 128 personnel from the six institutes under the National Institutes of Health were mobilized: tasks included fever screening, active case detection, health management at quarantine centers, and management of dead bodies. A well-organized data management system with a centralized online system integration could allow more rapid deployment and answer some of the key questions in managing a similar pandemic in the future. With improving infected COVID-19 cases throughout the country, the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 operation room was effectively closed on June 15, 2020, following approval from the Deputy Director-General of Health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a8630e613884ac39251bab035607e6f2022-12-21T23:38:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-02-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.574135574135Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic ResponseAbdul Rassip Muhammad Nur Amir0Awatef Binti Amer Nordin1Yin Cheng Lim2Nor Izzah Binti Ahmad Shauki3Nor Hayati Binti Ibrahim4Institute for Health Management, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, MalaysiaInstitute for Health System Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, MalaysiaInstitue for Medical Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, MalaysiaInstitute for Health System Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, MalaysiaInstitute for Health Management, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, MalaysiaThe COVID-19 pandemic that emerged in 2019 has inflicted numerous clinical and public health challenges worldwide. It was declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization and activated response teams at almost all Malaysian healthcare facilities. Upon activation of the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Center in January 2020, the National Institutes of Health Malaysia established a COVID-19 operation room at the facility level to address the rise in COVID-19 infection cases each day. The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 operation room committee formed a workforce mobilization team for an effective and efficient mobilization system to fulfill requests received for human resource aid within the Ministry of Health Malaysia facilities. Selected personnel would be screened for health and availability before mobilization letters and logistics arrangements if necessary. The workforce from the National Institutes of Health, consisting of various job positions, were mobilized every week, with each deployment cycle lasting 2 weeks. A total of 128 personnel from the six institutes under the National Institutes of Health were mobilized: tasks included fever screening, active case detection, health management at quarantine centers, and management of dead bodies. A well-organized data management system with a centralized online system integration could allow more rapid deployment and answer some of the key questions in managing a similar pandemic in the future. With improving infected COVID-19 cases throughout the country, the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 operation room was effectively closed on June 15, 2020, following approval from the Deputy Director-General of Health.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.574135/fullCOVID-19 pandemicdata managementMinistry of Health MalaysiaNational Institutes of Health Malaysiaworkforce mobilization |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Rassip Muhammad Nur Amir Awatef Binti Amer Nordin Yin Cheng Lim Nor Izzah Binti Ahmad Shauki Nor Hayati Binti Ibrahim Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 pandemic data management Ministry of Health Malaysia National Institutes of Health Malaysia workforce mobilization |
| title | Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response |
| title_full | Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response |
| title_fullStr | Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response |
| title_full_unstemmed | Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response |
| title_short | Workforce Mobilization From the National Institutes of Health for the Ministry of Health Malaysia: A COVID-19 Pandemic Response |
| title_sort | workforce mobilization from the national institutes of health for the ministry of health malaysia a covid 19 pandemic response |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic data management Ministry of Health Malaysia National Institutes of Health Malaysia workforce mobilization |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.574135/full |
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