ICRL EU-UNPAD Team Visit Yogyakarta City Health Department and Insectarium in UGM Technopark

Second day of ICRL EU-UNPAD team visit to Yogyakarta on July 29th 2025, the activity started with visiting Yogyakarta City Health Department to share information on Mosquito-borne virus in Indonesia. The Head of Disease Prevention and Control and Health Data and Information Systems Management Division, dr. Lana Uwanah, welcome the team and gave briefing on mosquito-borne disease mitigation in Yogyakarta City. 

Health Administrator in Yogyakarta City is also collaborating with Gadjah Mada University in terms of vectors control and disease surveillance. Some mosquito-borne diseases that emerge in Yogyakarta City are mainly dengue and filariasis. However, there are also malaria cases detected in the region. But these cases usually carried to Yogyakarta city through returning visitor or worker from eastern Indonesia. 

After finishing discussion with Yogyakarta City Health administrator, the team move to Gadjah Mada University Technopark (UGM Technopark). This areal complex is created to centralize the research center and prototype development of Gadjah Mada University members. One of the facility is Insectarium under supervision of Faculty of Medicine.  ​

The Insectarium was responsible to facilitate the reproduction of Wolbachia Aedes mosquito to be released to target city. One of the staff said that the facility have the capability to reproduce ten thousand of mosquito per week to meet the target for the release. The Insectarium facility also offering service for other company or government department for insecticide testing or other vector controls.