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Dengue Fever’s So Latent Threats In Indonesia

Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari rate of dengue fever (DB) has become a threat ’latent’ in Indonesia and as yet unknown drug and vaccine.
"Therefore, the government asked the public to actively decided chain DB disease transmission can be reduced in order to spread or prevented as early as possible," he said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Community asked to complete the eradication of mosquitoes nest (PSN) through 3M Plus (drained, close and store) on a regular basis at least once a week on housing, workplaces, schools and public places other.

Minister also invited local health personnel to anticipate the occurrence of outbreaks (unusual events). By way of improving early warning through increased performance and survelans of cases of disease vectors.
Siti was also asked to improve care unit of medical services at the hospital.
Menkes argues a return of dengue fever cases due to increased where brood (breeding places) aegipty Aedes mosquito.

But Siti considered that the increase in cases in July 2005 DB different from the pattern of improvement in previous years. Usually increasing cases occurred in January or February.

According to the MOH, DB disease cases until August 8, 2005 shows several images. DB has been an outbreak of disease in 31 provinces with the number of 36,499 cases and 498 deaths, or CFR (case fatality rate) of 1.36%.
Siti explained, the case of the highest in the province of DKI Jakarta as many as 10,847 cases with 57 deaths. Then followed by East Java province with 6007 cases with 87 fatalities.

Based on the mortality rate (CFR) is the highest place in the province of Gorontalo to the 9.52% mortality rate. Then followed by South Kalimantan and Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam with mortality respectively 6.54% and 5.56%.

"When compared to the same period last year morbidity DB (January-August) experienced a decrease of 18.8 per 100,000 to 16.6% per 100,000 population," said Siti.