Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry advised the general public to carry out the movement to prevent the effect of air pollution that increases the threat of intense respiratory infections (ARI).
” For our prevention efforts, we have a 6M and 1S technique,” the ministry’s director general of illness prevention and control, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, stated.
According to Rondonuwu here Monday, the six Ms include inspecting the air quality through an application or website and decreasing outdoor activities and improperly ventilated houses, workplaces, schools, and public places when air contamination worsens.
Utilizing indoor air purifiers, preventing sources of contamination and cigarette smoke, wearing masks, and executing Clean and Healthy Behavior (PHBS) also fall under the six Ms, he explained.
” While the S consists of instant assessment with a physician if breathing grievances aggravate,” he remarked.
Rondonuwu noted that the outcomes of surveillance data conducted in the last six months showed an increase in ARI cases reported both at university hospital and healthcare facilities in the Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) locations, where the number of cases in Jakarta had actually reached 100 thousand each month.
Thus, his side continues to make a number of efforts, including carrying out real-time monitoring of ARI and pneumonia cases that happen in university hospital and medical facilities in Jabodetabek.
” We also make a list of health centers that can treat pneumonia, especially in Jabodetabek,” he said.
Chairman of the Committee for Respiratory Disease Mitigation and the Impact of Air Contamination, Agus Dwi Susanto, specified that a study from the National Development Preparation Company (Bappenas) provided in 2022 showed that an increase in air pollution has actually contributed to an increase in ARI and pneumonia cases in the Jakarta area in a duration of practically 10 years after the research study was conducted.
Moreover, pointing out the outcomes of a study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in 2019, Susanto specified that breathing diseases are among the 10 most common illness in Indonesia, and air contamination is the fifth-highest threat element for death in Indonesia after hypertension, blood glucose, smoking cigarettes, and obesity.
He recommended the neighborhood to implement the 6M and One motion, especially for people with breathing illness, as well as susceptible groups that are easily impacted by air pollution, such as children, pregnant females, the senior, and people with comorbidities.
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