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DHF widespread attacks
Ambassador Society | August 24, 2009
The number of victims of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) who died in Malang regency, and the growing throughout January to August this year. Recorded all the time that the victim died 8.
Head of Malang District Health Office, Agus Wahyu Arifin, said on the January-February period of only 2 people died. But six people in August increased that total to 8 people.
The average victim had died of late treatment, because in general, took the victim's family late into the hospital or the nearest health center, he said.
According to him, the potential for communities affected by dengue attacks are still happening and the estimated peak of the attack was November when the season changes.
Therefore, all parties should be extra vigilant and must keep doing the 3M plus, that is closed, drained, burying and plusnya is giving anti-mosquito drugs.
Confirmed, the number of DHF patients in the region has increased quite sharply. In the year 2008 reached the number of DHF patients and 333 people of whom 12 patients died, while from January to August 2009 has reached 589 patients with eight people dead.
When compared with the year 2008, the number of patients in the first half of 2009 was an increase of about 77 percent. The highest number of dengue patients occurred in 2007, which reached 1030 people and 10 people were dead.
This region is not possible to be free from danger of attack dengue, because of natural factors including difficult terrain traveled, number of marsh and coastal beaches to nest dengue disease-causing mosquitoes, he added.
* Mai
DHF widespread attacks
Ambassador Society | August 24, 2009
The number of victims of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) who died in Malang regency, and the growing throughout January to August this year. Recorded all the time that the victim died 8.
Head of Malang District Health Office, Agus Wahyu Arifin, said on the January-February period of only 2 people died. But six people in August increased that total to 8 people.
The average victim had died of late treatment, because in general, took the victim's family late into the hospital or the nearest health center, he said.
According to him, the potential for communities affected by dengue attacks are still happening and the estimated peak of the attack was November when the season changes.
Therefore, all parties should be extra vigilant and must keep doing the 3M plus, that is closed, drained, burying and plusnya is giving anti-mosquito drugs.
Confirmed, the number of DHF patients in the region has increased quite sharply. In the year 2008 reached the number of DHF patients and 333 people of whom 12 patients died, while from January to August 2009 has reached 589 patients with eight people dead.
When compared with the year 2008, the number of patients in the first half of 2009 was an increase of about 77 percent. The highest number of dengue patients occurred in 2007, which reached 1030 people and 10 people were dead.
This region is not possible to be free from danger of attack dengue, because of natural factors including difficult terrain traveled, number of marsh and coastal beaches to nest dengue disease-causing mosquitoes, he added.
* Mai