GEOSPATIAL LEARNING IN COMBATING

DENGUE FEVER PROJECT

STUDY SITE: THE CITY OF YOGYAKARTA
by
Aji Putra Perdana, Hilmi Ardiansyah, Humam Zarodi

GIS and Data Management - TAHIJA FOUNDATION:

Combating Dengue Fever Project
In the City of Yogyakarta

Preparation of paper, presentation and participation in

the Congress is possible by support from the Tahija
Foundation of Jakarta, Indonesia and The Claire and
Scobie MacKinnon Trust of Melbourne, Australia.

Our Profiles
Ø GIS and Data
Management
ü Aji PP: Previously Staff
of GIS Laboratory
ü Hilmi A: Previously
Assistance of Digital
Cartographic Laboratory
ü Humam Z:Previously in
GIS & Urban Planning
Consultant

Ø Graduated from
Faculty of
Geography, Gadjah
Mada University,
Yogyakarta

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 Established in Jakarta on the 20th March
1990 by the late Jean and Julius Tahija

a non profit organization- philanthropic

initiatives of the Tahija family

the social responsibility initiatives of the

Austindo group

TAHIJA FOUNDATION

Vision and Mission

To help build a better Indonesia through partnership in

sustainable ventures and initiatives in education, culture,
health, environmental conservation, and social services.

SDN 54, Aceh Support to preservation

Health Dengue Fish Cage, Flores Ujung Kulon

TAHIJA FOUNDATION

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Project Office – Phase II
Combating Dengue Fever In the City of Yogyakarta - TAHIJA Foundation

Intro-
duction Dengue Fever
Ø It is transmitted to the man by the mosquito of the
Issues genus Aedes and exists in two forms: the Dengue
Fever (DF) and the Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF),
which may evolve into Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS)
Learning
(Nakhapakorn, K. et al, 2005).
Ø Strategies to control dengue à source reduction,
Lesson health education and intersectoral coordination
Learned
Ø The spread of disease is unavoidably spatial (Holmes,
1997)
Challenges

Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever à Public Health Concern
The University of Southern Mississippi

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 Intro-
duction Dengue Project in Yogyakarta
Ø DF and DHF is already endemic in 45 Villages in the
Issues City of Yogyakarta
Ø Phase I : 2004 – 2007, Terban and Klitren

Learning Ø Phase II : August 1, 2007—July 31, 2009, City of Jogjaà

targeted source reduction using an insect growth
regulator (IGR), pyriproxyfen
Lesson
Learned

Challenges

Scaling up...need data and information, and big team… ???

• the provincial
capital of the
Prov.
D.I.Yogyakarta
• divided into 5
districts
• the fourth largest
(32.5 km2)
kabupaten and
the most densely
populated in DIY

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Intro-
duction Aims
Ø to describe and seeks to show how geospatial
Issues learning from the field workers and surveyors

Learning

Ø to see the potential and the limitations of geospatial

learning with GPS training and participatory mapping
Lesson as a method to extract information for the combating
Learned
dengue fever project.

Challenges

Learn by doing..do by learning…

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Intro-
duction Geospatial Data
Ø Provided by Faculty of Geography, GMU à
Issues geospatial data until villages level
Ø 1st Plan : GIS and Data Management Unit defined
the location of houses visited by field workers and
Learning
surveyors
Ø the needs of geospatial data until Rukun Warga
Lesson (RW)/Rukun Tetangga (RT) or neighbourhood’s
Learned
level
Ø Participatory Mapping (Quickbird Images) and
Challenges
GPS for PDS surveyà 262 field workers and 32
surveyors
The University of Southern Mississippi

Intro- GPS for Pupal Demographic

duction
Survey
Ø GPS introduction for 32
Issues surveyors
Ø 6 group with 6 unit GPS Garmin
76csx à 10 persons
Learning
Ø How to save the location of
visited houses ? To be spatially
Lesson correlated with tabular data
Learned
from PDS

Challenges

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Intro-
duction Mapping until RW/RT Level
Ø Training followed by 45 co- field workers
Issues
Ø Conducted by 262 field workers
Ø Delineated the boundaries RW and RT level
Learning used the Quickbird Images
Ø Villages Map as reference
Ø Field survey
Lesson
Learned

Challenges

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Intro-
duction Surveyors
Ø Quickbird Images help us, “where we will go
Issues
today ?”
Ø Generally able to interpret the information in
the maps and try to match with the real world
(field condition), such as: schools, mosques,
Learning
houses.
Ø They know and get the benefits of using GPS
and Maps for entomology survey
Lesson Ø They can use and operate GPS Handheld;
Learned
waypoint, track and route.
Ø Understand and know their working area
spatially
Challenges

The University of Southern Mississippi

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Intro-
duction Field Workers
Ø Learn about Maps: how to make map from
Issues delineate boundaries, roads, rivers, creating
legend, etc.
Ø Understand the importance of Maps in
Learning monitoring their activities in the working area.
Ø Now they knew more than before and think
spatially in their work activities.
Lesson Ø Waiting for “the real of participatory
Learned
mapping” ???

Challenges

The University of Southern Mississippi

Intro-
duction Next Project…
Ø The geospatial learning in combating dengue
Issues
fever still needs improvement

Ø To explore the potential of participatory

mapping as a tool to be used in order to
Learning
capture the local perspectives on public health
in combating dengue fever.

Lesson Ø The possibility to integrate participatory

Learned
mapping with consultations or empowerment of
the locals of the combating dengue process
are also interesting issues for future research.
Challenges

The University of Southern Mississippi

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Preparation of paper, presentation and participation in the Congress 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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