Kediri (beritajatim.com) -As an effort to prevent and control cases of dengue fever, the government of the city of Kediri through the health service collaborates with 92 Joyoboyo cadres scattered in every kelurahan in the city of Kediri. Indications were provided regarding the periodic inspection of the larvae which took place in the Joyoboyo room on Thursday (10/06/2022).
Kader Joyoboyo is a term for the health cadres of the city of Kediri who are responsible for various tasks. The head of the health office of the city of Kediri, Dr. Fauzan Adima, explained that a total of 1,711 Joyoboyo cadres owned by the city of Kediri. Not only as jumantik cadres, they also work in their daily lives at Posyandu Elders, Mental Health Post, NCD Screening Post, productive age health cadres and as environmental health cadres.
“Being a picture is a special and noble task, because Panjenengan has dedication and a social spirit towards others. We invite Panjenengan here as representatives of Joyoboyo’s cadres for him to provide guidance as an effort to prevent and raise awareness from an early age against dengue transmission, “she explained.
As an extension of the government and in direct contact with the community, Dr. Fauzan hopes that cadres can provide correct information and participate in socializing the public for the prevention of dengue fever.
“If you know that a neighbor has dengue fever, you can immediately report it to the Health Service through the nearest puskesmas, we will cross-check later to confirm the diagnosis. If that’s true, we’ll take immediate steps to control it so it doesn’t spread to surrounding neighbors, “she explained.
dr. Fauzan added that 3 cases of dengue fever were reported to the Health Bureau last September. On this occasion, you advised the public to increase vigilance, especially now that the rainy season has entered.
“We have started the rainy season, where there are more mosquito populations and mosquito eggs can still survive even if it only rains for a day or two. For this, we keep the environment clean together, we implement 3M plus, i.e. closing the water tanks, draining the bathtub, because the used cans can be recycled as well as avoiding mosquito bites by sleeping, turning on an insect repellent or using a mosquito repellent lotion. Also, starting to pay attention from now on, if a child has a fever for three days in a row, he goes to the doctor right away so that it can be handled quickly, “he ordered.
In addition to the Health Office of the Municipality of Kediri, the delivery of the material in the activity also brought speakers from the Health Office of the Province of East Java. [nm/kun]
