GenPI.co Jogja – Secretary of the Kulon Progo Health Service (Dinkes), Baning Rahayujati said that his party had reactivated the larva monitoring program (jumantik) in every neighborhood unit (RT).
This is to prevent the emergence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) during the season of changing weather.
He hopes that, by returning to the jumantik, dengue cases in Kulon Progo can decrease.
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“We hope for active community participation in the jumantik program by caring for the surrounding environment, namely eradicating mosquito nests (PSN),” said Baning in Kulon Progo, Saturday (11/13).
“Don’t let there be garbage that can breed mosquitoes,” he continued.
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The jumantik program and PSN, he continued, would work together to reduce the potential for the spread of dengue fever.
He appealed, if there are people affected by dengue fever immediately report to the puskesmas officer.
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“Prevention and eradication of DHF is the responsibility of all parties. We hope that the community will actively prevent DHF,” he hoped. (Ant)
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