Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Measles is one of the vaccine preventable diseases that is a public health burden in Bintulu, Sarawak. The main aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of measles cases in Bintulu for 2018 including age group, ethnicity, immunisation status andtype of residential area. METHODS: A descriptive study is done based on the database collected by the CDC unit of Bintulu Divisional Health Office using the standard Measles Investigation Form from the Ministry of Health. RESULTS: The prevalence rate of measles in Bintulu in 2018 was 58.66 per 100,000 populations. From 152 positives cases, 49 cases (32%) of positive measles occurred in children below 12 months, and 47 cases (31%) in adult age more than 20 years old. About 39 cases (26%) were ineligible for vaccination while 18% (27 cases) were unvaccinated. Only 16% (25 cases) of the cases were vaccinated and the remaining 40% (61 cases) status was unknown. Iban ethnicity has highest positive cases at 71.1% followed by Malays (14.5%), Chinese (6.6%) and Indonesians (5.9%). Approximately 11.2 % of cases happened in workplaces, while 81.6% of cases occurred in residential areas including housing areas, villages, long houses and government quarters. CONCLUSION: Measles cases has escalated up to 623% in Bintulu in 2018 compared to previous year.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-217,
title = {Measles Cases in Bintulu, a Sudden Surge in 2018},
author = {Shafizah Ahmad Shafei and Yassimear Ak Ugak},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Measles is one of the vaccine preventable diseases that is a public health burden in Bintulu, Sarawak. The main aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of measles cases in Bintulu for 2018 including age group, ethnicity, immunisation status andtype of residential area. METHODS: A descriptive study is done based on the database collected by the CDC unit of Bintulu Divisional Health Office using the standard Measles Investigation Form from the Ministry of Health. RESULTS: The prevalence rate of measles in Bintulu in 2018 was 58.66 per 100,000 populations. From 152 positives cases, 49 cases (32%) of positive measles occurred in children below 12 months, and 47 cases (31%) in adult age more than 20 years old. About 39 cases (26%) were ineligible for vaccination while 18% (27 cases) were unvaccinated. Only 16% (25 cases) of the cases were vaccinated and the remaining 40% (61 cases) status was unknown. Iban ethnicity has highest positive cases at 71.1% followed by Malays (14.5%), Chinese (6.6%) and Indonesians (5.9%). Approximately 11.2 % of cases happened in workplaces, while 81.6% of cases occurred in residential areas including housing areas, villages, long houses and government quarters. CONCLUSION: Measles cases has escalated up to 623% in Bintulu in 2018 compared to previous year.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Bintulu Divisional Health Office, Sarawak, Bintulu Divisional Health Office, Sarawak},
keywords = {Adult, ineligible children, Measles outbreak},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}