Biak (ANTARA) – The Health Service (Dinkes) of Biak Numfor Regency, Province has prepared 3,000 instruments rapid diagnostic test (GDR) malaria for immigrants entering the area during the Christmas and New Year holidays 2023.
“The Health Bureau in collaboration with the Biak Port Health Bureau (KKP) will screen residents entering during the holidays through the Biak seaport and airport,” said Daud N. Duwiri, M.Kes in Biak , acting head of the Biak Health Bureau , Saturday.
Explained the examination of malaria with a microscope or with quick diagnostics test recommended to all residents outside of Biak going on holiday to Nataru.
GDR malaria recipients, according to him, are very helpful for early diagnosis of malaria prevention.
“During the Christmas and New Year holidays, it is estimated that many residents outside of Biak will go on holiday to Biak, so we have to anticipate the spread of malaria,” he said.
With the GDR malaria service, he said, it is hoped that people from outside Biak Numfor who go on holiday are really healthy and not carrying the malaria virus.
“The Bureau of Health is increasing the use of GDR as a means of diagnosing malaria in both endemic and non-endemic areas,” he said.
He admitted that the advantages of RDT over microscopic examination were that it was simpler and easier to interpret and did not require special training like microscopic examination.
While another benefit of GDR malaria, he said, was objective, variations in interpretation were small from one examiner to the next.
“GDRs can also detect P.sickles when the parasite settles in blood capillaries by microscopic examination,” he said.
He explained, RDT is useful in epidemic conditions (extraordinary events) and prevalence investigations, because the examination time is faster.
Biak Numfor Regency was declared by the Regent of Biak Numfor Herry Ario Naap district for the elimination of malaria in 2024, said Daud N. Duwiri.
This news was published on Antaranews.com with the headline: 3,000 Malaria GDR Prepared to Check Nataru Holiday Residents in Biak, Papua
