Decrease of malaria morbidity with community participation in central Java.

Malaria is still a problem in Java-Bali, although the Malaria Eradication Program started in the 1950's. In the First National Five Year Development Plan it was changed to the Malaria Control Program with the aim to reduce the morbidity and mortality rates through surveillance and spraying interventions using the primary health care approach. In 1984 in Central Java there were malaria areas with an average annual parasite incidence (API) between 1 and 7.

Ocular angiostrongyliasis in Semarang, Central Java.

A worm removed intact from the anterior chamber of the left eye of a 23-year-old woman from Central Java was identified as a mle Angiostrongylus cantonensis, 11.1 mm in length and 0.24 mm in maximum width.