Thorough measures badly needed

Thorough measures badly needed

YOGYAKARTA: The government's efforts to combat malaria and dengue
outbreaks across the archipelago will be fruitless unless they
are undertaken in an integrated and coordinated manner, a senior
expert said on Thursday.

Indonesian Mosquito Control Association (APNI) president
Sugeng Juwono Mardihusodo said here that the measures included
spraying, creating good sanitation, eliminating mosquito breeding
places and using anti-mosquito agents.

Malaria and dengue outbreaks have been recorded in various
parts of the country over the past few months, and have killed
dozens people across the archipelago. -- JP