Residents were asked to activate the 3M movement to prevent dengue fever.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDA ACEH – The health office of Lhokseumawe City, Aceh, has appealed to people in the area to be vigilant hemorrhagic fever because it has entered the rainy season and the transmission is fast. Head of the Municipal Health Authority Lhokseumawe Safwaliza said dengue fever transmission occurs through mosquitoes Aedes Egypt.
“We urge the public to raise awareness of the disease because transmission is fast. Especially when it rains,” he said Thursday (9/22/2022).
His party noted that 39 residents in the city of Lhokseumawe contracted dengue fever throughout 2022. Of these, none died, all were declared cured.
According to him, the presence of residents infected with dengue fever shows that the threat of the disease will continue to exist. Dengue fever occurs because the environment is not clean.
Safwaliza said the government has allocated funds each year for the prevention and control of dengue fever. Prevention by providing abate powder.
“Then using fumigation or fogging to eradicate the mosquito larvae that are the cause of the disease. Generally, cases of dengue fever occur in areas where the environment is less clean,” he said.
Safwaliza also invites the community to regularly work together in their respective neighborhoods to tackle garbage and puddles that are breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Also, anticipate the transmission of dengue fever by maintaining cleanliness and activating the 3M movement, i.e. draining water tanks, closing water tanks, and using objects that could become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Aedes Egypt.
He said community participation was needed to prevent dengue fever. The fumigation efforts made, she said, would not solve the problem if the mosquito nests and larvae had not been eradicated. Fumigation is only for killing adult mosquitoes.
“During the rainy season, dengue cases will increase as the Aedes aegypti mosquito population hatches when their breeding grounds are flooded with rainwater. So it’s important to keep the environment clean,” Safwaliza said.
