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Addressing DHF, DKI Regional Government Officially Launches Wolbachia Mosquito Program

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com October 4, 2024

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SinPo.id – The Provincial Government of DKI (Pemprov) officially launched a program to control Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) by Aedes aegypti mosquito carrying Wolbachia in West Jakarta (Jakbar), on Friday, 5 October 2024.

The Mayor of West Jakarta, Uus Kuswanto, said that the series of dengue fever control using the Wolbachia method in West Jakarta had started since the area was named as one of the places to implement the program. .

“The series of readiness to implement dengue fever prevention activities using the Wolbachia method in West Jakarta has started since this area was designated as one of the places to implement the program,” Uus told journalists, Friday, October 4 2024.

“And based on the Order of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia No. 1341 regarding the implementation of the Wolbachia implementation project as an innovation to control dengue fever,” he continued.

According to him, West Jakarta was chosen as one of five selected cities besides Semarang, Bandung, Kupang and Bontang in the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) program.

To support the smooth running of the program, Uus said, the West Jakarta City Government has trained larval inspectors (Jumatic) so they can help residents understand the program.

“Socialization and education has been done extensively throughout the West Jakarta area using various methods, including face-to-face, social media, webinars, handing out leaflets, as well as through other information channels,” he said.

In addition, he revealed, Kembangan Utara Subdistrict, Kembangan District, West Jakarta, was selected as the first place to release wolbachia mosquitoes because it has dengue fever rate in 2023 with an incidence rate of 54.1 per 100,000 population.

“The population density in Kembangan District is very high, the residents are known to be friendly and like to work together, so in principle the residents here tolerate Aedes mosquitoes aegypti to be released by Wolbachia,” Uus said.

He said that the increase in dengue fever cases in West Jakarta in 2024 had occurred starting in February and reached a peak in April of 799 cases.

“In March to June 2024, the number of cases was above the highest value in the last five years. In addition, cases began to decline in July and in September there were 73 file a case,” he said.

2024-10-04 12:56:00
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October 4, 2024 0 comments

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The Department of Health releases Wolbachia mosquitoes in Kembangan, West Jakarta, October 4

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com September 26, 2024

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Jakarta Health Department (Dinkes). it will spread mosquitoes aedes aegypti included wolbachia in RW 07 Kembangan Utara Town, Kembangan District, West Jakarta, on October 4.

“We plan to release Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes on October 4,” DKI Jakarta Health Office Head Ani Ruspitawati said on Thursday (9/26).

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Ani said that West Jakarta is an area with very high cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DBD) compared to other areas in Jakarta.

Therefore, the introduction of Aedes aegypti mosquito containing Wolbachia was done for the first time in West Jakarta.

He said the DKI Jakarta Health Office had prepared 859 buckets of Wolbachia mosquitoes out of a total target of 1,474 buckets.

“So all the buckets are released, after they are released the buckets are prepared again, cleaned, filled again, then released again in two weeks. Continuous distribution will be done every two weeks for six months,” he explained.

“After six months, we will evaluate how the population will be,” said Ani.

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2024-09-26 02:20:26
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September 26, 2024 0 comments

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DKI Health Office Will Release Wolbachia Mosquitoes Starting in October

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com September 25, 2024

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SinPo.id – DKI Health Service (Dinkes) said that the mosquito Aaedes aegypti with wolbachia will spread in early October 2024. The spread of mosquitoes is to reduce cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in the Jakarta area.

This was expressed by the Head of the DKI Health Office, Ani Ruspitawati, in a discussion at Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, September 25 2024.

“The MoU between the Ministry of Health and West Jakarta City Council started on October 4, and then the first release of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia in Kembangan. The plan is to do this in RW 7 Kembangan,” he said.

According to him, the mosquitoes are placed in the homes of residents who are “foster parents” (OTA). Ani said that as many as 800 families were ready to become foster parents (OTA) until buckets containing mosquito seeds containing Wolbachia were placed in their homes.

“We have prepared more than 800 foster parents who are ready, their homes are willing to be placed in buckets of wolbachia,” said Ani.

In addition, Ani hopes that the presence of wolbachia mosquitoes will help reduce dengue cases. And also efforts to eliminate mosquito nests through 3M (drain, trust, recycle) Plus continue to strengthen.

“PSN, which runs once a week, has even been promoted twice a week. In October, when we release Aedes wolbachia, we will have one innovation to strengthen dengue control,” he said.

2024-09-25 15:16:00
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September 25, 2024 0 comments

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Wolbachia Mosquito Emissions Implemented in Five Big Cities to Combat Dengue Fever, Health Minister Says

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com March 29, 2024

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that dealing with dengue fever (DBD) through mosquito emissions Wolbachia started to be implemented in five big cities. “It has started to be carried out in Bandung, in Bontang, Kupang, Jakarta, another one in Semarang,” said Budi when met by journalists at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, March 28 2024.

Budi explained that the Wolbachia mosquito was effective in reducing dengue fever rates in Yogyakarta after Gadjah Mada University (UGM) became a pioneer in research development. “The city of Yogyakarta is the only city that has dropped (DHF numbers) since Wolbachia was launched,” he said.

Budi also appealed to the public to be careful about the hoaxes circulating about the Wolbachia mosquito. “Don’t let something with good intentions and scientific evidence not work,” he said.

Furthermore, Budi also mentioned that dengue fever is the fourth most infectious disease in Indonesia with around 120 thousand cases a year. DHF, explained Budi, followed TB with 1 million sufferers, HIV with 500 thousand sufferers, and malaria with 400 thousand sufferers.

Budi asked the public not to panic about the spread of dengue fever. According to him, the potential for death from dengue fever is quite low. “Jakarta hospitals still have enough space because our experience with Covid is that there are lots of facilities, so don’t worry,” he said.

In detail, Budi also reminded a number of efforts to prevent dengue fever, namely eliminating standing water, spraying insecticide, and checking yourself at the nearest health center or hospital.

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2024-03-29 10:29:50
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March 29, 2024 0 comments

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Wolbachia Mosquito Solution for Dengue Fever Control: Expert Insights from Airlangga University

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com December 13, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Surabaya – The Wolbachia mosquito has been proven to be a solution to control the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which carries dengue fever (DHF). It is also said that the Wolbachia mosquito is able to suppress dengue cases.

Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University (FK Unair), Prof Dr Dr Aryati MKes SpPK(K) said, Wolbachia is a natural bacteria. Gram negative bacteria are naturally found in butterflies, flies and bees.

“Wolbachia is a biological technology for controlling dengue fever mosquitoes. But the most famous Wolbachia content is in the Drosophila melanogaster fruit fly,” said Prof Aryati, Wednesday (13/12/2023).

One of the Indonesian Ministry of Health’s Wolbachia Risk Study Expert Team since 2016 explained that wolbachia mosquitoes can produce different cycles when mating and can make mosquitoes sterile.

“Male Wolbachia mosquitoes that mate with female non-Wolbachia Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will not produce eggs that hatch. The mosquitoes become sterile, so they cannot produce offspring,” he explained.

Aryati revealed that after a long research process, there was a lot of evidence showing that the Wolbachia mosquito was able to reduce cases of dengue fever by up to 77.1 percent. In fact, cases of treatment for dengue fever in hospitals have decreased by 86 percent.

In this way, Aryati assured that the debate regarding the safety of the Wolbachia mosquito had been resolved. Wolbachia mosquitoes do contain bacteria, but cannot infect humans.

It is impossible for the bacteria to move, because the bacteria only reside in the mosquito’s body. “If bitten, it won’t cause humans to get sick,” he said.

He also said that the presence of the Wolbachia mosquito would not reduce the Aedes aegypti mosquito (which causes dengue fever). However, its presence can suppress the spread of the virus from the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

“People don’t need to worry. If they are already bitten, it’s okay, because mosquito bacteria do not transfer to humans,” he concluded.

Watch the video “Ministry of Health says about the safety of the dengue fever control program via Wolbachia”

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2023-12-13 06:26:47
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December 13, 2023 0 comments

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Wolbachia Research Success in Yogyakarta: Tropmed Talk on Stage Highlights Mosquito Intervention

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com December 6, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SLEMAN — Tropmed Talk on Stage held by the UGM Center for Tropical Medicine (PKT) recently raised the theme of Wolbachia. Principal Researcher of the World Mosquito Program (WMP) Yogyakarta, Prof. Dr. Adi Utarini, reiterated the safety of bacteria Wolbachia.

“Wolbachia is a natural bacteria that is present in around 60 percent of the insects around us,” said Adi Utarini.

He also explained the phases the research went through until he succeeded in proving that the mosquito method works.Wolbachia succeeded in reducing 77 percent of dengue cases and 86 percent of the incidence of hospitalization due to dengue infection in the city of Yogyakarta. To get these final results, he and other research teams have carried out various supporting tests both in the laboratory and in the field in a structured and systematic manner.

Another WMP researcher, Eggi Arguni, explained in detail the tasks he and other researchers carried out in the laboratory. One of them is testing the content Wolbachia on captured mosquitoes.

Eggi explained that the captured mosquitoes were checked for Wolbachia content to determine the percentage Wolbachia on the population of Aedes aegypti in the release region. Another test he does is check the antibody content Wolbachia in blood samples from mosquito feeders.

In this test he found no antibodies Wolbachia on the blood samples tested. This proves that Wolbachia in Temples of the Egyptians cannot be transferred to the human body when the mosquito bites. Not only the blood of mosquito feeders, blood samples were also taken from community members living in the release area.

Not only researchers, stakeholders and cadres who have been involved in research were present as resource persons to share their experiences of involvement in research, the results of which are currently being implemented by the Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes).

Community figures who have lived side by side with him for 10 years Wolbachia also gave his testimony. “I’ve been living with it for 10 years Wolbachia“Thank God, the transmission of DB (dengue hemorrhagic fever, ed) is no longer there,” said Kronggahan Hamlet, Anto Sudadi.

He said that researchers were intensively providing education about dengue fever and technology Temples of the Egyptians ber-Wolbachia before starting to be released in residents’ homes. Meanwhile, the DBD Program Manager for the Yogyakarta City Health Service (Dinkes), Rubangi, conveyed the decline in dengue cases in Yogyakarta City after the mosquito intervention.Wolbachia which has been carried out since 2016 in the city of Yogyakarta.

“Until October, only 67 cases were recorded,” he said.

This figure is the lowest over the last 10 years, as well as the lowest compared to other districts in the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY). Apart from the decrease in cases, the Yogyakarta City Health Office also noted a decrease in the need for fogging, which was only carried out 9 times this year. As a result, funds that were originally allocated for fogging can be diverted to treat other diseases.

2023-12-06 08:28:50
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December 6, 2023 0 comments

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