Analysis of climatic variability and dengue hemorrhagic fever incidence at the Tsunami Area Banda Aceh City

Abstract

The rebuilding of post-tsunami community residential an area in Banda Aceh City has created a new ecosystem and at the same time a public health problem. The construction of new settlements has an impact on the emergence of Aedes aegypti habitat. The post-tsunami climate factor is thought to be one of the factors that cause outbreaks of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases every year in Banda Aceh City. This study aims to analyze the relationship between climatic variability with the DHF incidence cases from 2010-2020 at the tsunami area Banda Aceh City. The study uses monthly DHF case data obtained from the Banda Aceh City Health Office. Monthly climate data were obtained from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency of Aceh Province. Spearman’s correlation analysis shows that temperature, humidity, rainfall, and wind velocity have a significant relationship with the DHF incidence cases. Humidity and rainfall are positively correlated with DHF incidence, while temperature and wind velocity shows a negative correlation with DHF incidence. This study shows that climate is one of the factors influential in the DHF incidence cases at the tsunami area Banda Aceh City.