S Kalimantan's Tanah Bumbu prevent dengue through PSN

Head of Tanah Bumbu Health Agency leads a simultaneous action of dengue prevention through PSN.(AntaranewsKalsel/Tanbu Comm-Info Agency)

In order to effectively prevent dengue fever, PSN must be carried out simultaneously in all areas by cleaning mosquito larvae and nests, and doing 4M plus,

Batulicin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The District Government of Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, is intensively conducting prevention of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) through Eradication of Mosquito Nest (PSN).

Head of the Tanah Bumbu Health Agency Setia Budi in Batulicin on Monday (Jan 20, 2020) said, the intensity of downpour is getting higher that it could trigger the potential of development of mosquito nests.

"In order to effectively prevent dengue fever, PSN must be carried out simultaneously in all areas by cleaning mosquito larvae and nests, and doing 4M plus," he stated.

4m plus is to drain water tanks/reservoir, to cover tubs, to bury or dispose used bottles or cans and to monitor containers or water tanks that have the potential to become mosquito breeding grounds by routinely clean them.

Other things is not to hang clothes, to raise larvae-eating fish, to plant mosquito repellent plants, sleeping using mosquito nets, larvasidation and making ovitrap. Ovitrap is a tool used to break the life cycle of a mosquito before a mosquito pupa turns into a simple mosquito.

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According to Budi, dengue cases usually occur at the change of seasons, so it is necessary to socialize to the public to be aware of these moments. While the most effective and efficient prevention of dengue is PSN simultaneously. It requires extraordinary commitment and effort from the local government, the private sector and the active participation of the community.

At the beginning of 2019 period data received by the Tanah Bumbu Health Agency from the Ministry of Health on January 29, 2019 as many as 13.683 dengue patients were recorded, reported from 34 province with 132 cases of death.

"The figure was higher when compared to january 2018 with 6.167 sufferers and 43 cases of death," he concluded.
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