The Ministry Of Health Has Pinned The Elephant Foot Free Predicate To Bekasi Regency

BEKASI - Bekasi Regency won the title of free filaration or elephant leg disease for two consecutive years from the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes).

The predicate was marked by the submission of a filaration elimination certificate by the Minister of Health, Budi G Sadikin, to coincide with the peak of the 2023 NTD's Day commemoration.

"Based on a survey by the Ministry of Health, Bekasi Regency is one of five regencies and cities, which in two consecutive years stated that the number of filaration diseases was very small, out of 10,000 residents, only one or less people were affected, so they were given a free-filaration certificate," said Acting Bekasi Regent Dani Ramdan in Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, Tuesday, February 21, confiscated by Antara.

He said this success was a real commitment of the Bekasi Regency Government (Pemkab) in accelerating the handling of filaration so that it was able to achieve the national target even within seven years ahead of the set target.

"We are seven years ahead of the national and world targets in eliminating filararias until 2030," he said.

He admitted that he continued his commitment to maintain this filaration-free status through the application of a Clean and Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS) as a community culture that was considered effective in preventing and controlling the disease.

"We will continue to promote health through PHBS to become a culture of society, because that is the most effective way. By preventing a clean lifestyle, mosquitoes do not roam around, and encouraging people to conduct surveys so that there are no similar cases," said Dani Ramdan.

Acting Head of the Bekasi District Health Office, dr. Alamsyah said that efforts to control filaration began with the socialization and emphasis of PHBS on the community, followed by the provision of treatment for cases found until they were deemed successful in doing so until they recovered.

"We will continue to emphasize the PHBS, because these mosquitoes are the factors and live in dirty areas, so we have succeeded in inviting the community to do that. Then we periodically also provide treatment," he said.

Alamsyah has also instructed health workers to carry out a thorough examination of migrants who enter the Bekasi Regency area to minimize patients with similar diseases.

"Health workers continue to work to screen comprehensive actions for migrants, so no patients enter the Bekasi Regency area," he said.

On that occasion, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin conveyed special directions regarding prevention and control of fraud and filaration with three moves, namely health protocols that are maintained, comprehensive surveillance, and vaccination.

"There are only three moves that we have to do in preventing and constraining diseases like this. First, we must continue to tighten the process, good surveillance, and vaccination for those who have not," he said.