The DBD case of Kemenkes Claims in Indonesia is controlled

Bisnis.com JAKARTA – The Ministry of Health says that the management of dengue fever (dengue fever) in Indonesia is already under the control of target incident rate (IR), in 2017.

"By 2017, Indonesia may already exceed the target set for the fight against dengue, less than 49 per 100,000 population, "said the head of the Department of Vectors and Diseases Department of Health Suwito in the event Meeting of control experts of Buyer vector at the hotel JS Luwansa, Jakarta, Tuesday (17/7/2018).

In 2017, the dengue case found is an average of 26.8 per 100 000 population. "The regions whose national IR is above the target of 49 per 100,000 inhabitants are Aceh, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan and Bali, so we still say that we Swiss have already achieved IR targets below 49 per 100,000. inhabitants, but there are only four provinces whose IR is still over 49 per 100,000 inhabitants, "he explained. In addition, according to data from the Ministry of Health, 202,314 cases of dengue and 1,593 cases of death from the same disease occurred in 2016.

The DHF has increased dramatically in the world for 30 years. According to WHO data, in Asia-Pacific, there were 15.2 million dengue cases in 2016.