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Complications of pregnancy and childbirth as the highest cause of maternal mortality can be prevented by examining pregnancy through regular ANC Antenatal service standards include conducting physical examinations including inspection, palpation and auscultation. In addition to physical examination, counseling and counseling is one of the standards in antenatal care (Ministry of Health, 2020). The high incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in West Sulawesi makes it very necessary to provide education on the prevention of DHF in pregnant women because dengue infection in pregnancy can cause the risk of bleeding for the mother. Community service activities aim to increase the knowledge of pregnant women about fetal development so as to minimize the incidence of emergencies in pregnancy and increase awareness of dengue fever mosquito breeding. Dengue fever infection in pregnancy. The implementation method includes an approach in the form of a pregnancy examination and providing education related to dengue fever prevention. The results of community service activities show that on May 10, 2025, pregnancy checks were carried out for 10 pregnant women and education related to dengue fever prevention was provided.

Febris or fever is a state when the body temperature becoming higher than usual, and this is a symptom of illness. Body temperature that is said to be normal ranges from 36.5-37.50C. This study aims to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge and fever management in children aged 1-5 years in the working area of the Bohabak health center. This study used a correlation analytical method with  a cross sectional design. The sample was taken based on the number of subject as many as 30 people using purposive sampling. Data collection was carried out by means of interviews and filling out questionnaires. Furthermore, the data collected processed using the SPSS Version 16.0 of computer program to be analyzed using the Chi-Square  test with a meaning level (α) of 0.05. The results showed there were subjecet with the knowledge and fever management well as much as 5 (16.7%), and good maternal knowledge with poor fever management as much as 0 (0.0%). While the mother's knowledge is not good with good fever management as much as 4 (13.3%) and maternal resistance is not good with poor fever management as much as 21 (70.0%). In the ρ Value 0.000 This value ρ is smaller than the value α=0.005. The conclusion : there were the relationship between maternal knowledge and fever management in children aged 1-5 years in the Bohabak Health Center area. The suggestion  of this study is to increase the knowledge of mothers in handling fever.