Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Apartment Sri Rakyat, Cheras recorded a recurrent prolonged dengue outbreak for the past 3 years despite multiple efforts to combat the infection accordingly. It is crucial and unusual for a dengue outbreak to exceed more than 100 days in Kuala Lumpur. The aim of this study was to identify key issues contributing to the unsuccessful dengue control activity in this locality. METHODS: A retrospective study using SWOT analysis was conducted from April to September 2018. RESULTS: The area recorded larval surveys surpassing thresholds A.I: 8.3%, B.I: 13, C.I: 2.9%, P.I: 5.4%, Mosquito Landing Rate: 10/min. Throughout the study period, a total of 18 search and destroy activities, 18 thermal fogging, and 7 ultra-low volume fogging with 80% coverage were conducted. Based on SWOT, the Strengths of this study were sufficient assistance given by state and district health office in terms of provision of chemicals and equipment for systematic control. Weaknesses found were structural building defects, inability to determine the source of infection, poor coordination in control activities, search and destroy coverage, active case detection and law enforcement. In terms of Opportunities, there were good cooperation from Kuala Lumpur City Hall and construction companies. Threats faced were surrounding three construction sites, dengue Hotspot areas, multiple empty lands with illegal plantations and dumping grounds, poor community support as evidence by poor turnout for gotong-royong, unavailability of COMBI and cooperation from the management body. DISCUSSION: Therefore, tackling and handling of key issues is of vital importance in dealing with prolonged dengue outbreaks.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-312,
title = {What Contributed to Prolonged Dengue Outbreak Hotspot (149 Days) in Apartment Sri Rakyat, Cheras?},
author = {Hoe Iquin and Zainal Abidin Abu Bakar},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Apartment Sri Rakyat, Cheras recorded a recurrent prolonged dengue outbreak for the past 3 years despite multiple efforts to combat the infection accordingly. It is crucial and unusual for a dengue outbreak to exceed more than 100 days in Kuala Lumpur. The aim of this study was to identify key issues contributing to the unsuccessful dengue control activity in this locality. METHODS: A retrospective study using SWOT analysis was conducted from April to September 2018. RESULTS: The area recorded larval surveys surpassing thresholds A.I: 8.3%, B.I: 13, C.I: 2.9%, P.I: 5.4%, Mosquito Landing Rate: 10/min. Throughout the study period, a total of 18 search and destroy activities, 18 thermal fogging, and 7 ultra-low volume fogging with 80% coverage were conducted. Based on SWOT, the Strengths of this study were sufficient assistance given by state and district health office in terms of provision of chemicals and equipment for systematic control. Weaknesses found were structural building defects, inability to determine the source of infection, poor coordination in control activities, search and destroy coverage, active case detection and law enforcement. In terms of Opportunities, there were good cooperation from Kuala Lumpur City Hall and construction companies. Threats faced were surrounding three construction sites, dengue Hotspot areas, multiple empty lands with illegal plantations and dumping grounds, poor community support as evidence by poor turnout for gotong-royong, unavailability of COMBI and cooperation from the management body. DISCUSSION: Therefore, tackling and handling of key issues is of vital importance in dealing with prolonged dengue outbreaks.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Vector-Borne Disease Section, Department of Health of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya},
keywords = {dengue control measures, Dengue Hotspot, recurrent dengue outbreak},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}