| dc.description.abstract | Dengue Haemorragic Fever (DHF) is a contagious desease which is caused by
Dengue virus and spread by Aedes Aegepty mosquitos, especially attacks children
with the sympthom are a sudden high fever along with haemorrhage manifestation
and tends to cause shock and death (mortality), The DHF incidence rate in Medan
city within last six years tends to increase gradually, while penang Island shows the
decreased- The objective of this research is to examine the DHF controlling strategy
in Medan. This is an evaluative research with qualitative approach, to study the DHF
controlling program in Medan comparing with the Malaysian government especially
in Penang Island by using both primary and secondary data.
The results (of this research) shows that Medan city has not special laws and
policies to regulate the DHF controlling strategy an unwell organized program. The
number of program officers and equipments are limited, the budget alocation mostly
based to curative and case surveilance has not programmed well, the laboratory
examination has not been undertaken to suspect, mosquitos and larvas control has not
been undertaken regularly, case management were not optimal and vectors
management held only when the case is found, and mapping data is not good. This is
a different situation compared to penang island where the DFIF controlling strategy
has been supported by laws and policies included the punishments
This research concludes that the DHF controlling program has not been run
properly in Medan. It is caused by the support of government's laws and policies has
not fully. | en_US |
