Gert van der Hoek
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Cirebon, West Java ::: More than 10,000 acute respiratory tract infection cases reported in 2009
June 15, 2009
A few-days-ago article describing the situation of acute respiratory tract infection in Cirebon. It seems more than ten thousands acute respiratory infection cases have been recorded in 2009, only for Kabupaten Cirebon. However, there?s no further examination about the cause of the disease. -adm-
Cirebon, West Java ? Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARTI) in Kabupaten Cirebon has taken more lives. Until now, two toddlers died of ARTI. According to data of Health Service, two toddlers died in April and May 2009. There are two types of ARTI, pneumonia and non-pneumonia. The most dangerous one is pneumonia type ARTI, which can cause fatality, particularly in toddlers. Meanwhile, from January to May, 2,557 of pneumonia type ARTI sufferers have been recorded.
In total 573 cases recorded on January, 561 on February, 535 on March, 448 on April and 440 on May.
For non-pneumonia type ARTI, a total 70,499 cases has been recorded. In details, 13,346 on January, 13,843 on February, 14,382 on March, 14,227 on April and 14,701 on May.
Head of Disease Control Section, Health Service, H. Raharjo said, ARTI could infect anyone regardless age and time.
?When body condition falls, people can easily get ARTI attack. Flu is among ARTI disease but not pneumonia type?, he said.
Several factors could contribute ARTI, he added, it could be congenital but not hereditary. Lack of sanitation, such as lack of ventilation in a house or unhealthy environment, might contribute to ARTI infection, said Raharjo.
Source: Indonesia local newspaper, Radar Cirebon.
http://www.radarcirebon.com/index.p...n-Cirebon/2-Balita-Meninggal-karena-ISPA.html
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June 15, 2009
A few-days-ago article describing the situation of acute respiratory tract infection in Cirebon. It seems more than ten thousands acute respiratory infection cases have been recorded in 2009, only for Kabupaten Cirebon. However, there?s no further examination about the cause of the disease. -adm-
Cirebon, West Java ? Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARTI) in Kabupaten Cirebon has taken more lives. Until now, two toddlers died of ARTI. According to data of Health Service, two toddlers died in April and May 2009. There are two types of ARTI, pneumonia and non-pneumonia. The most dangerous one is pneumonia type ARTI, which can cause fatality, particularly in toddlers. Meanwhile, from January to May, 2,557 of pneumonia type ARTI sufferers have been recorded.
In total 573 cases recorded on January, 561 on February, 535 on March, 448 on April and 440 on May.
For non-pneumonia type ARTI, a total 70,499 cases has been recorded. In details, 13,346 on January, 13,843 on February, 14,382 on March, 14,227 on April and 14,701 on May.
Head of Disease Control Section, Health Service, H. Raharjo said, ARTI could infect anyone regardless age and time.
?When body condition falls, people can easily get ARTI attack. Flu is among ARTI disease but not pneumonia type?, he said.
Several factors could contribute ARTI, he added, it could be congenital but not hereditary. Lack of sanitation, such as lack of ventilation in a house or unhealthy environment, might contribute to ARTI infection, said Raharjo.
Source: Indonesia local newspaper, Radar Cirebon.
http://www.radarcirebon.com/index.p...n-Cirebon/2-Balita-Meninggal-karena-ISPA.html
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http://birdflucorner.wordpress.com/