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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TROPICAL DISEASES

By :

Abdullah, MD, DHSM, M.Kes 2)

1. History
 Hippocrates (460-370 BC).
Who ever whises to investigate medicine properly should consider the
season of the year, the winds and the waters in relation to health and
diseases.
 Hendrik L. Blum (1972).

ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH
GENETIC BEHAVIOUR
STATUS

HEALTH
SERVICES
 Environment : - Natural.
- Socio – cultural.
- Socio – economic.
 Behaviour : - Healthy life.
(life style) - Unhealthy life.
 Genetic : - Genetic diseases like DM,
Hipertension.
 Health Services : - Health centre, hospital etc.

1) Expert lecture at Prodi Kedokteran Untad, August 25 th 2011

2) - MD (Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, 1983)
- DHSM (Distance learning, Edith Cowan University, 1997)
-M.Kes (School of Public Health, Indonesian University 2000)
2. Epidemiology
 Epi - at
Mos - community, population
Logos - science

 Epidemiology : to study and solve community problem including

of diseases.

 General definition of epidemiology : study about disease frequent,

disribution, and determinant factor.

 Disease frequent : - incidence

- prevalance
- etc
 Distribution of disease :
- Place : mountain
sea
air
tropic area
subtropic area
etc

- Person : age
sex
race
etc

- Time : season
monthly
yearly
etc

3. Tropical Diseases
 ( many cases) occur at tropical area (Indonesia)
 Some tropical diseases (examples)
 Caused by viral group like :
 Viral hepatitis
 Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF)
  Caused by bacterial group like
 Tuberculosis
 Morbus Hansen (leprosy)
 Typhoid fever
 Caused by parasit like
 Amoebiasis
 Malarie
 Schistosomiasis (Central Sulawesi)

4. Reference

From Manual Book of Control Communicable Diseases

Edit by : 1. Abram S. Benenson (2000).

2. James Chin (1995).