Situasi Malaria Di Kabupaten Nias Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Selama Satu Tahun Sesudah Gempa Bumi Dan Tsunami

Ompusunggu, Sahat (2008) Situasi Malaria Di Kabupaten Nias Selatan, Sumatera Utara, Selama Satu Tahun Sesudah Gempa Bumi Dan Tsunami. Media Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan, 18 (3). ISSN 0853-9987

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Abstract

Due to an earthquake and tsunami on the end of December 2004 in Indonesia Ocean, the environment and the community life style were changed in South Nias District. These changes have a potential to increase malaria transmission in this area. The aims of the study were to identify the malaria situation one year after earthquake and tsunami compared with one year before. Data collection was done within two months (March ? April 2006) by collecting secondary data and conducted Mass Fever Survey. The result showed that in the district, the annual malaria incidence (AMI) one year after the disaster was increased become 3,4 times compared to one year before. In Health Centers (HCs) level showed that AMI was increased in 8 HCs after the earthquakes and tsunami but decreased in 2 HCs. Pattern of monthly malari incidence (MoMI) one year after the disaster was resembled the pattern one year before (2004), where it was increased from early to mid of the year and then decreased to the end. The number of slide positivity rate (SPR) or positive rate were vary, due to clinical symptom variation, differences among others in the techniques used for examining the blood samples (microscopy and RDT), the width of the survey area, as well as the location and time of the surveys. Plasmodium falciparum was the most frequent parasite found in the community, meanwhile P. vivax was mostly in children 0-9 years old in two villages.

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