Roles of The University in Disaster Management

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Published: Jul 31, 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21315/
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university, disaster, roles, responsibilities

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Rashidi Ahmad
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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The World Health Organisation defines a disaster as any occurrence that causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life, deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response from outside the affected community.

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Rashidi Ahmad. Roles of The University in Disaster Management. Malays J Med Sci [Internet]. 2007 Jul. 31 [cited 2026 Oct. 22];14(2):1-3. Available from: https://ejournal.usm.my/mjms/article/view/mjms_vol14-no2-2007_1
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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2007)
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