Temporal Spatial Mapping of Tuberculosis and Management strategies in the District of Bulukumba

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary TB is still a major public health problem and globally is still a global health issue in all countries. If not treated immediately, it can cause every active patient to infect. Pulmonary TB is chronic so that a patient with pulmonary TB is a source of transmission of pulmonary TB in the surrounding population. This study aims to create a map of the distribution of Tuberculosis in Bulukumba Regency using a Geographic Information System (GIS) application. This research method is descriptive in the form of disease mapping using the Geographic Information System (GIS) application in Bulukumba Regency in April-December 2020. The results of this study are presented in the form of mapping the distribution of tuberculosis cases using the Geographic Information System (GIS) application. The conclusion of this study is that the distribution of the most cases is in the Ujungbulu sub-district in a row during 2017-2020.