"Pregnant women in malaria endemic areas, such as Papua, Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara, will undergo early detection of malaria," said Director of Sourced Animal Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Rita Kusriastuti, the Meeting of the National Forum Gebrak Malaria in Jakarta, Friday ( 13/04/2012).
Anemia is characterized by decreasing levels of hemoglobin in red blood cells. Hemoglobin levels of adult women is 12 grams per deciliter (g / dl). During pregnancy, hemoglobin levels dropped to 11 g / dl. If contact with malaria, hemoglobin levels fell to 5 gr/dl-7 gr / dl. In fact, the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in the blood.
Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo in the writings of Malaria in Pregnancy in the bulletins and Windows Data Health Information First Quarter 2011 Volume I mentioned, malaria in pregnant women can lead to babies born with low weight (less than 2,500 grams), premature birth and perinatal mortality (at birth ). The fetus is exposed to malaria parasite infection can be modified so that the immune system and affect the response to malaria at the age of 1-2 years.
According to Rita, early detection of malaria programs will be developed in Kalimantan and Sulawesi, but only in endemic areas. Detection process is done by rapid diagnostic test that only takes 15 minutes.
Tests performed on the first trimester of pregnancy when mothers went to the health centers. After the test, the mother received insecticide-treated nets to reduce malaria risk.
Treatment of malaria in pregnant women is based on the age of the fetus. In the first trimester, the mother was given quinine because of the effect is milder than artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). ACT is given in the second and third trimester. This medication should be taken three consecutive days with the effects of nausea and vomiting.
Princess Astrid of Belgium Kingdom who attended the event as Special Representative of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership hopes to make a comprehensive treatment of malaria to maternal and grow a healthy baby without being interrupted malaria.
Malaria is a tropical disease that is still a threat to the world. In Indonesia, although relatively low national case, in the eastern region the case is still very high. The disease is the sixth highest cause of death in the group of infectious diseases in Indonesia.
Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, Tjandra Yoga Aditama said that the World Malaria Report (World Malaria Report) 2011 record, 3.3 billion people at risk of malaria. Of that total, there are 216 million cases of malaria positive and 655 000 deaths.
In Indonesia, in 2011 there were reported 475 508 malaria positive cases than 2.38 million suspected cases of malaria.
