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    ProMED


    Archive Number 20060403.0999
    Published Date 03-APR-2006
    Subject PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update 2006 (13)


    DENGUE/DHF UPDATE 2006 (13)
    ***************************
    A ProMED-mail post
    <http://www.promedmail.org>
    ProMED-mail is a program of the
    International Society for Infectious Diseases
    <http://www.isid.org>

    [This is by no means a comprehensive collection of all reports of dengue in
    the world since the last update. In order to make it more inclusive,
    ProMED-mail asks readers to send reports of dengue outbreaks that they find
    to <promed@promedmail.org>.]

    In this update:
    [1], [2] Indonesia
    [3] Argentina
    [4] Paraguay
    [5] Bolivia
    [6] Brazil
    [7] Venezuela

    ******
    [1] Indonesia
    Date: Fri 31 Mar 2006
    From: Alfonso Rodriguez <ajrm_msds@yahoo.es>, Mary Marshall
    <tropical.forestry@btinternet.com>
    Source: The Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 31 Mar 2006 [edited]
    <http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20060331.H03&irec=4>


    Bekasi busy with bird flu, dengue
    -------------------------------------
    Increasing numbers of both dengue and bird flu patients have forced the
    Bekasi Municipal Administration to declare an extraordinary occurrence of
    the diseases in the region.

    Bekasi Mayor Akhmad Zurfaih said to prevent the diseases from further
    spreading and to decrease the mortality rate, the administration would
    allocate Rp 270 million [about USD 30 000] for dengue and Rp 26 million
    [USD 2888] for bird flu from its budget. "These diseases have reached
    alarming levels, and there are indications that the infection rate is
    increasing. An extraordinary occurrence state is needed to anticipate the
    worst possibilities," he told The Jakarta Post recently. Zurfaid said that
    as many as 924 cases of dengue occurred in Bekasi between January and March
    this year [2006], and 8 people had died.


    Meanwhile, there had been 10 cases of avian influenza in the last 3 months,
    with 3 deaths. Zurfaih ordered all related institutions to place extra
    focus on the prevention of the diseases and on death minimization. "With
    this status, there should be no increase in occurrences, and there should
    be no more deaths (from the 2 diseases)," he said.

    Oni Sri Rahayu has been at the Bekasi General Hospital since Sunday [2 Apr
    2006] for dengue. Her father Herdi, a becak driver, was forced to apply for
    a certificate of lack of means from his neighborhood chief to get the
    10-year-old girl into hospital. "I hope (with the extraordinary occurrence
    status) the government will provide a free medical service, because we
    can't pay for her medicine," he said.


    More here:

    http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/..._ID:1000,32553
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