Yogyakarta –
The effectiveness of the spread of the Wolbachia mosquito to control cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has sparked controversy. Regarding this, the Bantul Regency Health Service (Dinkes) said there was a very significant decrease in dengue cases this year due to the spread of the Wolbachia mosquito.
Head of the Disease Management Division (P2P) at the Bantul Health Office, Samsu Aryanto, explained that as of October, dengue fever cases in Bantul had reached 125 cases. In detail, in January there were 32 cases, February 19 cases, March 17 cases, April 10 cases, May 12 cases, June 7 cases, July 8 cases, August 11 cases, September 4 cases and October 5 cases.
“There are no or zero cases of death due to dengue fever this year,” he said detik Jogja, Wednesday (15/11/2023).
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According to him, the number of dengue cases this year is very inversely proportional to 2022. Where last year there were 956 dengue cases.
“So this year in Bantul there has indeed been a decrease in dengue fever cases compared to last year. The decrease is also very significant,” he said.
Regarding the cause of the drastic decline in dengue cases, Samsu admitted that one of them was due to the even distribution of Wolbachia mosquitoes. Considering that the distribution of the 519 hamlets throughout Bantul Regency has been going on since Tuesday (24/5/2022).
“One of the reasons why dengue cases in Bantul have decreased is because there is the Wolbachia innovation program. This program has played a very important role in reducing dengue cases in Bantul,” he said.
As previously reported, the spread of the Wolbachia mosquito as a control measure for handling dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) was in the spotlight. There are still concerns regarding the effectiveness of treating dengue fever by spreading wolbachia mosquitoes.
This also happened in Denpasar and Buleleng. Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs which were originally to be distributed in Denpasar on Monday (13/11/2023) and Buleleng on Sunday (12/11/2023) were destroyed.
“With the delay that occurs, the eggs will be destroyed because they have a short shelf life,” said Chief of Partnership, Strategic Program and Operation Save the Children Indonesia Erwin Simangunsong, quoted from detikBaliWednesday (15/11/2023).
Watch the video “Former Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Questions the DHF Control Program with Wolbachia”
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2023-11-15 15:02:33
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