SURABAYA. Malaria adalah penyakit menular akibat infeksi parasit Plasmodium yang ditularkan melalui gigitan nyamuk malaria yang bernama Anopheles. Kasus malaria secara global sejak tahun 2000 terus menurun. Pada tahun 2000 tercatat ada 262 juta kasus malaria dan turun pada 2015 menjadi 214 juta kasus.
Kebanyakan kasus malaria terjadi di Afrika (88%), Asia Tenggara (10%) dan Mediterania Timur (2%).
Pada tanggal 25 April diperingati hari Malaria sedunia. Adik-adik binaan Care For Teen CSF (Cita Sehat Foundation) dan RZ dari MTsN 1 Surabaya mengadakan aksi pemantauan jentik dan sosialisasi tentang penyakit malaria.
Kegiatan ini diikuti oleh 16 siswi dan PIC Care For Teen RZ Surabaya, Ilham Akbar dengan sasaran 13 rumah yang terdapat di gang buntu belakang Madrasah MTsN 1 Surabaya, di Jl. Medokan Semampir Selatan RT 09 RW 07. Kegiatan ini disambut antusias oleh warga dan perangkat RT dan RW setempat.
“Diharapkan dari kegiatan kecil ini memberi dampak besar kepada terwujudnya Indonesia yang bebas malaria. Pencegahan menjadi penting dilakukan mengingat berbahayanya penyakit ini. Mulai dengan membersihkan diri dan meminimalisir tempat-tempat nyamuk untuk berkembang biak. Mari bersama dukung Indonesia bebas malaria, mari mulai dari sekarang, mari mulai dari hal yang kecil, dan mari mulai dengan diri sendiri. Indonesia sehat, bukanlah mimpi,” papar Zirzi, perwakilan CSF Surabaya.
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SurabayaSURABAYA. (04/25) Malaria is a disease that must be noted and prevented because it is a disease that has pretty much the number of sufferers in the world and is no exception with Indonesia. In Indonesia, according to the survey of Ministry of Health that has been conducted most malaria patient is in the province of Papua. So every April 25 is celebrated as World Malaria Day to realize that once malaria is dangerous if it not prevented by carefully and properly.
In commemoration malaria day on 25 April 2016, Cita Sehat Foundation (CSF) along with RZ Surabaya held a long march together with students of SD Juara Surabaya.
In this activity, students of SD Juara Surabaya carried out actions ranging from how to use emergency aid properly, mosquito poster contest, there were also various creation of doctor costume and mosquitoes costume according to children’s creativity.
Besides commemorating the World Malaria Day, CSF Surabaya distributed stickers to citizens about malaria alert. The event took place at 7:00 a.m.-09:00 pm and CSF Surabaya also expresses appreciation to students of SD Juara Surabaya who wore the best costume.
“This event took place very smoothly and royally, it was great to see the students of SD Juara Surabaya excited in the commemoration of World Malaria Day, I hope with this event can educate students,” said Zirzi, Health Care Officer of CSF Surabaya.
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