Pioneering Dengue Eradication

KOMPAS/ESTER LINCE NAPITUPULU

Adi Utarini

Adi Utarini and her team have opened the door to the global eradication of dengue fever. The professor at the School of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing (FK-KMK) at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, is leading a research project to fight mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus with mosquitoes developed in laboratories.

Utarini, who is familiarly called Uut, has served asproject leader for the World Mosquito Program (formerly Eliminate Dengue Project Yogyakarta) since 2013. Uut leads the trans-disciplinary research from the aspects of planning and implementation to building relationships with key national-level stakeholders. She involves around 100 Indonesian scientists with different scientific backgrounds in the study.