TRIBUN-BALI.COM – The recent extreme weather has made the Gianyar Health Office on alert for dengue fever.
This is done by intensively holding socialization, eradicating mosquito nests that cause dengue fever.
This is because in early 2023, a number of residents in Gianyar have contracted dengue fever.
Acting Head of Gianyar Health Office, Ni Nyoman Ariyuni, Wednesday (29/3/2023) confirmed this.
He said, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is still a public health problem in Indonesia, including in Bali.
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This is because the dengue vectors of Aedes aegypty and Aedes Albopoctus are still commonly found in the environment around Bali, including Gianyar.
“Technological advances in the field of transportation accompanied by rapid population mobility, facilitate sources of transmission from place to place. Currently all regions are at risk of contracting DHF because the virus that causes it and the mosquito that transmits it still exists, such as in homes and public places. ,” said Ariyuni.
Related to DHF cases in Gianyar, he said, the numbers showed fluctuations. As in January – December 2022 there were 597 people and in 2023 the number of DHF cases in January 2023 was 83 people, February 2023 there were 95 people and in mid-March 2023 there were 51 people.
“Efforts to prevent and eradicate DHF continue to be improved by involving cross-sectors and the community on an ongoing and continuous basis,” he said.
The prevention activities that have been carried out include the issuance of SE Secretary of the Gianyar Regional Secretary 2023 concerning awareness of an increase in DHF cases to sub-district heads and village/lurah heads as well as heads of UPTD Community Health Centers throughout Gianyar Regency.
Fogging focuses on areas where there are indications of DHF cases. Eradication of mosquito nests (PSN) by Puskesmas and the community. Abatization was also carried out at water reservoirs that could not be drained and socialization on the prevention and control of DHF.
Source:
Bali Tribune
