TY - JOUR AU - Koraag, Meiske Elisabeth PY - 2021/08/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - INCIDENCE OF DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL SULAWESI INDONESIA JF - Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Health JA - ICOPH VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.17501/24246735.2020.6105 UR - https://tiikmpublishing.com/proceedings/index.php/icoph/article/view/761 SP - 37-44 AB - <p>The earthquake can cause a potential transmission of the disease after the disaster. One of<br>the infectious diseases that could potentially be a post-earthquake outbreak is Dengue Hemorrhagic<br>Fever (DHF). The earthquake, followed by a tsunami and liquefaction that struck Palu's city, Sigi's<br>regency, and the regency of Donggala in Central Sulawesi in September 2018, led to the increased<br>transmission of the dengue hemorrhagic fever disease in all three regions. This research aims to<br>determine the incidence rate of DHF in the affected areas of the earthquake disaster in Central<br>Sulawesi. The data used involved the number of DHF cases before and after the earthquake (2015-<br>2019) in Palu, Sigi, and Donggala. The data was obtained from the Health Office of Central<br>Sulawesi Province. The results of the analysis showed that the Incidence Rate (IR) of DHF in 2019<br>was 165.94 (Palu), 77.13 (Sigi), and 62.86 (Donggala). Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever's IR increased<br>after the earthquake in Palu, Sigi, and Donggala in 2019 that marked the outbreak of DHF in all three<br>regions. The highest increase in the DHF cases was found in Palu. The efforts to improve the health<br>system are needed by strengthening DHF diagnosis, DHF case reporting, vector surveillance, active<br>temephos distribution, and community empowerment to reduce DHF vector breeding sites.</p> ER -