Affiliations 

  • 1 Health Services Division of Malaysian Armed Forces
  • 2 Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • 3 Joint Armed Forces Headquartes J9
  • 4 94 Armed Forces Hospital, Lumut
MyJurnal

Abstract

Military personnel who are deployed for peace-keeping missions are exposed to many hazards, including infectious diseases. One of the most common and fatal infectious disease is Malaria. Although well controlled in Malaysia, this deadly disease is still widely endemic in many other countries especially Africa. We would like to report the case of a military personnel who was infected with Malaria during a peace-keeping mission in Sudan and subsequently died after returning home. We hope that by reporting this case in depth, strategic actions can be taken to avoid similar unfortunate events in future.