Kotabaru District which is geographically located on the border of the Makassar Strait and the Java Sea, and has several ports and airports, has the potential for malaria migration.
Head of Kotabaru Health Service H Akhmad Rivai here Tuesday said that migration surveillance was needed in order to anticipate early.
"Migration surveillance is the activity of taking blood of people who show symptoms of clinical malaria that have just come from malaria endemic areas in order to prevent the entry of imported malaria cases," Rivai said, after the Malaria Migration Surveillance Meeting in the KKP (Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry) Kotabaru Working Area.
He explained, the meeting held by the Banjarmasin Health Office Class II Port of Health was attended by Kotabaru Health Office, and Tanah Bumbu Health Office as a resource.
Balitbangkes Office, Tanah Bumbu area, Seaport Authority (KSOP) Class III Kotabaru-Batulicin, Gt Sjamsir Alam Airport Office, the Satpolair of Kotabaru Police, PT Pelni Kotabaru, Sumitra Kotabaru P. Jaya Hospital, and Puskesmas.
The purpose of migration surveillance activities in addition to the momentum to commemorate World Malaria Day on April 25 is also in order to prevent the occurrence of malaria transmission, especially those from outside the transmission or epidemiology unit area.
Kotabaru which has 28 community health centers (puskesmas) in the 2018 case data still found 22 endimis malaria villages, namely in Pulau Sembilan Sub-district (4 villages); West Kelumpang (5 villages); Sungai Durian (3 villages); West Pamukan (3 villages); Hampang (2 villages); Kelumpang Hulu (2 villages); South Pulau Laut (2 villages); and the Central Pulau Laut (1 village).
"It is expected that with this activity there will be early detection of patients and malaria treatment; the monitoring and control of malaria vectors and the environment in their work areas," he said in a press release.
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Head of Kotabaru Health Service H Akhmad Rivai here Tuesday said that migration surveillance was needed in order to anticipate early.
"Migration surveillance is the activity of taking blood of people who show symptoms of clinical malaria that have just come from malaria endemic areas in order to prevent the entry of imported malaria cases," Rivai said, after the Malaria Migration Surveillance Meeting in the KKP (Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry) Kotabaru Working Area.
He explained, the meeting held by the Banjarmasin Health Office Class II Port of Health was attended by Kotabaru Health Office, and Tanah Bumbu Health Office as a resource.
Balitbangkes Office, Tanah Bumbu area, Seaport Authority (KSOP) Class III Kotabaru-Batulicin, Gt Sjamsir Alam Airport Office, the Satpolair of Kotabaru Police, PT Pelni Kotabaru, Sumitra Kotabaru P. Jaya Hospital, and Puskesmas.
The purpose of migration surveillance activities in addition to the momentum to commemorate World Malaria Day on April 25 is also in order to prevent the occurrence of malaria transmission, especially those from outside the transmission or epidemiology unit area.
Kotabaru which has 28 community health centers (puskesmas) in the 2018 case data still found 22 endimis malaria villages, namely in Pulau Sembilan Sub-district (4 villages); West Kelumpang (5 villages); Sungai Durian (3 villages); West Pamukan (3 villages); Hampang (2 villages); Kelumpang Hulu (2 villages); South Pulau Laut (2 villages); and the Central Pulau Laut (1 village).
"It is expected that with this activity there will be early detection of patients and malaria treatment; the monitoring and control of malaria vectors and the environment in their work areas," he said in a press release.
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