The Use of GIS (Geodatabase) in

Combating Dengue Fever

in Indonesia Phase II Project
(Study Site: The City of Yogyakarta)

Aji Putra Perdana

GIS and Data Management of TAHIJA FOUNDATION:
COMBATING DENGUE FEVER PROJECT THE CITY OF YOGYAKARTA

Hyderabad, India – Map World Forum 2009

Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Planet Earth
Technical Session : Emerging application and technology trends
13th February 2009
Preparation of paper, presentation and participation in the Conference is possible by support
from the Tahija Foundation of Jakarta, Indonesia and The Claire and Scobie MacKinnon Trust of
Melbourne, Australia.
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Ø GIS and Data

Management
Ø Previously Staff of
GIS Laboratory
Ø Graduate from
Faculty of
Geography, GMU
TAHIJA FOUNDATION

Dengue (Haemorrhagic)
Fever which is caused by the
dengue virus and spread by
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes is
still uncontrollable.
q An acute febrile disease
q commonly in tropical
regions
q spread similar to Malaria
q break out during the rainy
season
q In 2006, ten of the eleven
countries South East Asia
reported dengue cases
q NO CURRENT DENGUE
VACCINE
qSource Reduction
reduced vector breeding sites

qHealth Education
through the media, pamphlets and
posters, talks, seminars

qCoordination
all sector
¡ Logistics and Planning
¡ Monitoring
¡ Analysis and strategic response
¡ Develop a list of random
and determine sample area
¡ Conversion of paper-based
data into digital data
¡ Create and maintain data
¡ Summarizing data and
creating maps
¡ Back up data
 Polygon feature class in
a geodatabase feature dataset

Line Feature Class

(River)

a table stored Point Feature Class

in Geodatabase download from GPS

Line Feature Class

Raster Dataset
(Quickbird Image)

Table relationships
Tables and relationships
¡ GIS helps to monitor effectiveness of
implementation
¡ Dengue Cases
¡ How it is working? Where it is working?
 Combating Dengue in City of Yogyakarta
(map of dengue cases per July 2008)

HIN
DIA
OC
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IR : Incidence Rates
¡ GIS has helped understand
phenomena better
¡ Adapt project to specific
challenges of location
¡ What location specific
features indicate that need to
adapt dosage/ socialization
campaign, etc…
¡ Data Management and ¡ Cost
Integration ¡ Adequate Training
¡ Data Visualization ¡ GIGO (Garbage in,

¡ Data Modeling Garbage out)

(Analysis) ¡ Misinformation and

Misinterpretation
¡ Has it worked ?
¡ How it helps combating dengue?
¡ What is the value added?
¡ This paper is derived from experience in
implementation of Research and Pilot Project in
Yogyakarta to control dengue haemorrhagic fever in
Indonesia. Preparation of paper, presentation and
participation in the Conference is possible by support
from the Tahija Foundation of Jakarta, Indonesia and
The Claire and Scobie MacKinnon Trust of Melbourne,
Australia.
¡ We would like to express our sincere thanks to Focks,
Dana A. Infectious Disease Analysis, LLC. PO Box
12852, Gainesville, FL 32604, USA., Aprillya, Sukma
Tin. Project Manager, and Ardiansyah, Hilmi. Team
Leader Data Management Unit. Yayasan Tahija. Project
Dengue for reviewing this manuscript.
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What GIS can do
?

Better World
dengue control
 Combating Dengue in City of Yogyakarta
(map of adult per house)

ADULT PER HOUSE

0-2
3-5
6-9
10 - 14
15 - 22

City of
Yogyakarta

Pringgokusuman Village
 Combating Dengue in City of Yogyakarta
(map of pupae per person)

PUPAE PER PERSON

0.000 - 0.364
0.365 - 1.500
1.501 - 3.400
3.401 - 9.286
9.287 - 31.000

City of
Yogyakarta

Pringgokusuman Village