Trend of Malaria Cases in Maluku Province 2012-2016

Malaria is a worldwide problem, including in Indonesia. Malaria is a vector-borne disease, and the vector is Anopheles mosquito. In Indonesia, the most endemic are located in the eastern regions of Indonesia. Maluku Province had the fourth highest rate of Annual Parasite Incidence (API) in 2015 at 5.81%. This research was quantitative with a descriptive analysis of malaria positive cases in Maluku. The study used secondary data from January 2012 to December 2016 that were obtained by the Health Office of Maluku. The result of this research shows that the trend of malaria, according to the current rate of positive cases found, tends to decrease every year with R square value from the linear line of 0.5534. The lowest number of cases was recorded in February. Based on gender, malaria on both genders tends to decrease every year. Maluku Barat Daya Regency had the highest rate of Annual Parasite Incidence (API) among other regencies in Maluku. As a suggestion, the government should be more concerned about the prevention program of malaria in Maluku Province. Some of the preventive ways are to disseminate knowledge to the community that if they want to do activities outside at night, they have to wear long clothes that can cover the whole body.