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Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysia has been hit by COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 and this problem also affects countries around the world. This COVID-19 infection does not distinguish age, gender, educational and financial status. Homeless people are also not exempt from being infected with COVID-19, especially when the gover...

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Main Authors: Haliza Abdul Manaf,, Rozita Arifin,, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
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Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
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spelling my-ukm.journal.184092022-04-14T04:37:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18409/ Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Haliza Abdul Manaf, Rozita Arifin, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, Malaysia has been hit by COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 and this problem also affects countries around the world. This COVID-19 infection does not distinguish age, gender, educational and financial status. Homeless people are also not exempt from being infected with COVID-19, especially when the government implements the Movement Control Order, particularly these people who have no permanent home. This article describes the activities carried out by the government agencies, especially from the Ministry of Health Malaysia, Department of Social Welfare, National Anti-Drugs Agency, Immigration Department of Malaysia, as well as other non-governmental agencies in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur on homeless people during movement control orders. It is hoped that this shared experience can be a guide to government agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sectors and individuals in other states to manage this underprivileged group, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18409/1/351-Article%20Text-1995-1-10-20210825.pdf Haliza Abdul Manaf, and Rozita Arifin, and Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, (2021) Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Research, 11 (2). pp. 1480-1485. ISSN 2232-0245 https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/29
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description Malaysia has been hit by COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 and this problem also affects countries around the world. This COVID-19 infection does not distinguish age, gender, educational and financial status. Homeless people are also not exempt from being infected with COVID-19, especially when the government implements the Movement Control Order, particularly these people who have no permanent home. This article describes the activities carried out by the government agencies, especially from the Ministry of Health Malaysia, Department of Social Welfare, National Anti-Drugs Agency, Immigration Department of Malaysia, as well as other non-governmental agencies in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur on homeless people during movement control orders. It is hoped that this shared experience can be a guide to government agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sectors and individuals in other states to manage this underprivileged group, especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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author Haliza Abdul Manaf,
Rozita Arifin,
Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
spellingShingle Haliza Abdul Manaf,
Rozita Arifin,
Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
author_facet Haliza Abdul Manaf,
Rozita Arifin,
Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf,
author_sort Haliza Abdul Manaf,
title Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_short Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_fullStr Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Homeless management during movement control order due to COVID-19 pandemic : experience from Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
title_sort homeless management during movement control order due to covid-19 pandemic : experience from federal territory kuala lumpur, malaysia
publisher Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18409/1/351-Article%20Text-1995-1-10-20210825.pdf
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