REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Budi Gunadi Sadikin pointing out case anomalies dengue in Yogyakarta which falls below incindent rate global 10 per 100,000 population is due to the implementation of bacterial research programs Wolbachia from Gadjah Mada University (UGM).
“An anomaly that occurred in Yogyakarta, which succeeded in reducing incident rate This consistently below world standards was apparently caused by the implementation of the research program wolbachia from our friends at UGM,” said Budi Gunadi Sadikin via Instagram post in Jakarta, Wednesday (29/11/2023).
It says, insident rate dengue in Indonesia has continued to move away from world standards since 1968, despite interventions, such as fogging or fumigation, larvicide/abateup to 3M Plus have been tried.
Incident rate dengue in Indonesia it is currently at 28.5 per 100,000 population. “In fact, this figure in Yogyakarta has reached 300 to 400 per 100,000 population,” added Budi.
The Directorate General of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (P2P) of the Indonesian Ministry of Health reported the rate of cases dengue in Indonesia the average reaches 74,000 to 140,000 per year.
Case dengue from January to November 2023 it reached 76,449 patients with 571 deaths.
This figure was successfully reduced to half of the 2022 cases of 143,300 patients with 1,236 deaths, thanks to the interventions of fumigation, larvicide, use of mosquito nets, 3M plus, and the One House One Friday Movement.
“If we remember that 200 children die from acute kidney failure, it is sad to see thousands of children die because dengue. “So we emulate Yogyakarta’s success in saving the lives of their children,” he said.
Budi said the government had decided to implement a wolbachia program to suppress virus replication dengue which is transmitted through mosquito bites Temples of the Egyptians.
“Most children die every year because of dengue. “We implemented a successful wolbachia program in Yogyakarta,” he said.
source: Between
2023-11-29 08:29:03
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