A spike in dengue hemorrhagic fever cases occurred in early 2024 in several provinces in Indonesia.
Please note that this article was automatically translated using Microsoft Azure AI, Open AI, and Google Translation AI. We cannot ensure that the entire content is translated accurately. If you spot any errors or inconsistencies, contact us atas a prevention in the midst of increasing dengue hemorrhagic fever is carried out by officers from the Gedangan Community Health Center.Data from the Ministry of Health as of March 18 2024 shows that the total cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever .
The first surge of cases occurred in 1973, five years after it was discovered. A total of 10,189 reported cases triggered the declaration of a dengue outbreak for the first time. The highest incident of cases then occurred 10 years later in 1983 with 13,668 cases. In 2003, there were reported cases of 51,516. In 2004, there were 79,462 cases recorded, and in 2005, there were 95,279 cases. In 2006, there were 114,656 cases recorded, while in 2007, it reached 158,115 cases. In 2007, the IR rate even reached 71.78 per 100,000 population.
After being monitored for five cycles of dengue fever outbreaks occurring every three years since 2007, the drastic increase in cases in early 2024 is an"alarm" that many factors can change the trend of this disease in Indonesia. Therefore, awareness of this life-threatening disease needs to be heightened.
However, data from the Ministry of Health for 2017-2022 shows that the highest percentage of deaths still occur in the age group of 5-14 years, at around 40 percent.
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