Malaria is a public health problem in Indonesia. One of the problems encountered in the elimination of malaria is the resistance of Plasmodium against antimalaria drugs. Artemisinin (ACT) is aclass of antimalarial drugs that are schizonticide sesquiterpenes lactone blood for Plasmodium falciparumand P. vivax. ACT is a drug of choice for treatment in the malaria elimination program, due to the w…
Forests burning is one of the major sources of air pollution in the countryside that extends into urban areas. Respiratory tract disease is the biggest number of disease in developing countries. One of the factors of the occurrence of upper respiratory tract disease because of poor air quality. The research objective is to determine the impact of forest fires on public health, especially upper …
The intestinal infection caused by amoeba is one of the three diarrhea causes appears to be a public health problem with high incidence in the community. Amebiasis is caused by Entamoeba histolytica, can be differentiated from non pathogen Entamoeba hartmanni and Entamoeba coli. Morphologically of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar are very similar. However, based on the diagnosis utili…