Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – The rise of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) has made the government plan to schedule the introduction of the dengue vaccine as a national program in 2025.
Director General of Disease Prevention and Control at the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, explained that his party would collaborate with the Indonesia Technical Advisory Group of Immunization (ITAGI) and other parties, such as Bappenas.
“Of course we have to talk to ministries such as Bappenas, because it is related to financing, because for every new vaccine we have to start with introduction,” he explained in Jakarta, Wednesday (17/1/2024).
Even though the schedule for the introduction of the dengue vaccine will be carried out next year, the government is allowing regions with the fiscal capacity of the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) which have already started introducing the vaccine to the public.
“We have also allowed regions. In fact, the introduction has started in certain regions with good APBD fiscal capacity, such as East Kalimantan. Regions that are willing are welcome,” he explained.
Meanwhile, projections for the dengue vaccine to eventually become a national program will depend on the results of the introduction.
The dengue vaccine is recommended by the Association of Indonesian Internal Medicine Experts (PAPDI) to be given in two doses from the age of six years to 45 years as a prevention of dengue fever.
The distance between giving the first and second vaccines is three months. After that, giving a repeat vaccine four years later is not necessary because antibodies are still high.
As an effort to prevent the spread of dengue fever, the government is calling on the spread of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae containing Wolbachia bacteria.
Maxi added that currently a number of facilities have the capacity to produce this technology, such as the UGM laboratory, Labkesmas in Salatiga.
2024-01-17 15:29:10
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