General Indonesian News - 14 January - 23 June 2008

[Gert van der Hoek]

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'Mysterious' bird flu baffles Indonesian scientists

Indonesian scientists and officials said they were baffled by the "mysterious" behaviour of the bird flu virus here, which has already claimed nine lives this year in the world's worst-hit nation.

Indonesia has reported 126 cases of H5N1 bird flu, 103 of them fatal, since 2005. This year's victims have all come from the capital Jakarta and its satellite cities.

Officials from the ministry of agriculture's bird flu control unit told a media briefing that the risk factors for human infection remained unclear after studies were conducted around victims' homes.

"In some of the cases we found the virus in the water and chickens, but in many other cases the studies showed no signs of the virus in the surroundings," said the unit's Tjahjani Widjastuti at the briefing late Tuesday.

The usual mode of transmission of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is directly from an infected bird -- typically poultry -- to humans.

"The behaviour (of the virus in Indonesia) is mysterious and we are competing with the dynamics of the virus. There needs to be deeper study on why there are more cases in humans, what are the risk factors... so we can cut the chain of infection to humans," Widjastuti said.

Globally, scientists fear that the virus will eventually mutate into a form easily spread between people.

Indonesia has been sharply criticised for being slow to act in its fight to control bird flu, which has spread easily in a nation where many people keep chickens and other birds in their gardens and homes.

Bird flu is endemic in all of Indonesia's 33 provinces except for Gorontalo on Sulawesi island and in North Maluku, said Widjastuti.

Meanwhile, early partial results of a study conducted by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation bird flu programme in Indonesia in traditional markets in western Java -- which covers Jakarta and its surrounds -- showed a high level of penetration by the virus.

About half of all markets tested were positive for the virus, said James McGrane, leader of the FAO programme.

"It's a very difficult virus to control," he said, adding that the team could not say why the number of cases had spiked here.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080206/hl_afp/healthfluindonesia

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Minister asks for end to city poultry farming


Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said Tuesday she expected poultry farming in Jakarta to stop in order to halt the spread of bird flu.

"If possible, both collective and backyard poultry farming must be restricted to curb the spread of the bird flu virus," she said at City Hall after a meeting.

"(It will enable us to) prevent the number of patients contracting bird flu from increasing," she said.

In a meeting presided over by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, senior Cabinet members and government officials discussed efforts to curb bird flu in the three hot-spot provinces of Jakarta, Banten and West Java; flood mitigation in the capital and supply stability for commodities like cooking oil, soy bean and flour.

The meeting was attended by Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo and a number of city and state officials, including Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu and Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto.

Also present at the meeting were Meteorological and Geophysics Agency head Sri Woro B. Harijono, National Police chief Gen. Sutanto, Indonesian Military chief Gen. Djoko Santoso and the Health Ministry's Drug and Food Monitoring Agency head Husniah Rubiana Thamrin Akib.

In response to Siti's statement, Fauzi said the move was unnecessary, saying zoning regulations were more than enough to make sure poultry farming was under control and that the spread of the virus could be limited.

"The President hopes there will be no more deaths caused by bird flu in Jakarta, Banten and West Java this year," he said.

The three provinces have been centers for the H5N1 virus, with a combined 71 fatalities having been recorded out of 103 reported bird flu deaths nationwide.

Jakarta has been the hardest hit, with 25 deaths from 29 reported cases.

"Therefore, Jakarta will set aside special zones for the poultry industry as soon as possible," Fauzi said. "The zones must be far from residences."

He said such special zones would enable the administration to control the poultry industry.

"It will be easier for us to disinfect poultry as well," he said.

Earlier, the government urged the three provinces' administrations to strengthen their enforcement of bird flu regulations following a string of avian influenza deaths.

The most recent deaths were reported in Bekasi, Tangerang and Jakarta.

The call was made during a meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for the People's Welfare. The meeting was presided over by the coordinating minister, Aburizal Bakrie, and attended by Home Minister Mardiyanto and Siti.

The meeting discussed special zones and traditional markets' obligation not to sell live chickens.

Apart from the zoning regulations, Fauzi previously said he would strengthen restrictions on poultry in the capital, citing weak enforcement of a 2007 ordinance banning backyard poultry and regulating the poultry industry.

He said his administration would find a way to punish those violating the ordinance.

Offenders of the bylaw are currently only required to register their pet birds or have their backyard poultry culled.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20080206.A04&irec=3

 

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[I just found the way they phrased this sort of odd....]

The health: the Provincial Government was not Optimal the matter of Bird Flu
Excerpt:

The Provincial Government and the Regional Government/the Municipal Government in Lampung till now is considered not optimal in overcoming the spreading of bird flu although the area including the category of the danger because of being the place of the thing traffic, humankind, and the animal to Java and Sumatra.
"After descending and getting input from the community, the regional government was often complained about because not optimal in overcoming the bird flu illness and dengue fever dengue fever," said the member DPRD Provinsi Lampung, Abdullah Fadri Auli, in Banda Lampung, last Monday.
Fadri was of the same opinion as the statement of many sides, Lampung was the area of the spreading of bird flu of the danger because of the area of the thing passage, humankind and the livestock to Java and Sumatra.

http://www.lampungpost.com/cetak/berita.php?id=2008020601002626

 

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The Risk factor must be eliminated

The illness avian influenza or bird flu that still was continuing to attack humankind at this time because of the risk factor in Indonesia still a great number.
In part, the animal market, the poultry reception, and the wild poultry slaughterhouse then still many.
Moreover, the supervision of the travelling salesman who sold the poultry then really was difficult to be carried out.

"The work was the same as the regional government also must be built for the control activity, the awareness of the community, and assembled information," management words of the Team of the Supervision Program of Indonesia-Body Bird Flu world Food (FAO) James J McGrane in Jakarta, on Tuesday (5/2).

The concentration of bird flu in West Java at this time only did not happen to kept poultries the family, but also in the livestock breeding industry.
So FAO co-operated with the Department of Agriculture and the manager's units to control the bird flu virus.
One of the work projects was the same as Deptan was related to the development of the capacity and the project surveilans. "The fund 30 million US dollar, was integrated with units in the government, the regional government, and livestock breeding units, also improved the communication response, also talc show in radios in Tangerang, said McGrane.

The poultry air

Currently, apart from the chicken, that must be guarded against spread the bird flu virus was the water poultry like the duck.
According to Tjahjani Widjastuti from the Pengendali Unit of the Flu Burung Dirjen Illness of Departemen Livestock Breeding of Agriculture, at this time really was difficult to know whether water poultries have been flattest the bird flu virus or not yet because if being flattest the virus then, the water poultry continued to appear healthy. "Moreover also because of the existence of the change in the virus personally so as during attacked to the poultry to did not appear his signs," Tjahjani words.
The very high risk factor still livestock breeding in the page of the house (backyard farming).
Moreover, the movement of the poultry from one area to the other area very high.
Therefore, from the aspect of the control of the movement, in entrances antarwilayah was put into effect by the control tightly.

"The supervision of the travelling salesman at this time also really was difficult if the interest of the community was not empowered" said Tjahjani.
In the meantime, hundreds of nonpedigreed chickens in the Brebes Regency, Central Java, died suddenly.
From results rapid test or the fast test was against several samples of the chicken that died, found by the indication that the chickens terjangkit the bird flu virus.
http://www.kompas.com/kompascetak/r....xml.2008.02.06.02084310&channel=2&mn=4&idx=4

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Bird Flu awareness video, Tulungagung, Java, from Unicef.

Gives you an impression of how it looks like there, includes short statement of a survivor.

http://sigittt.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/kidung-flu-burung-tulungagung/

 

[sharon sanders]

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News In english: Poultry Indonesia Printing Edition February 2008

www.poultryindonesia.com. INDONESIA plans to certify commercial poultry farms that are free of bird flu as part of its efforts to control the spread of the disease, an agriculture ministry official said last month. Poultry farms will be monitored for sound practices, including regular vaccination of fowl and overall hygiene, Musny Suatmodjo, director of animal health at the agriculture ministry said.

?During the monitoring, we will take blood samples of their flocks and poultry around the farm. If tests turn out negative, we will give a bird-flu-free certification,? Suatmodjo said. Once certified, the poultry farms will continue to be inspected each month, Suatmodjo added. Indonesia has had 97 human deaths from bird flu, the highest number in the world. Contact with sick fowl is the most common way of contracting bird flu, which is endemic in bird populations in Indonesia. Indonesia has a poultry population of 1.2 billion a year, including 285 million chicken kept by families in their backyards. These backyard chicken are a common feature of rural life in Indonesia, but have hampered efforts to curb bird flu. Suatmodjo said the ministry expects to launch the programme at commercial poultry farms this year, but gave no time frame. ?We can?t apply it yet to backyard fowl unless the local government issues rules to put them in cages,? he said......


http://www.poultryindonesia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1247

 

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Lampung East - Bird Flu: the Breeder did not heed the Official's Appeal

SUKADANA -The breeders, especially the chicken breeder in Lampung East was blamed because fully did not destroy the chicken not the race (talk to) they that infected illness bird flu.
In fact, most owners of the poultry have understood this danger of the illness attack.
Bird flu did not only attack the livestock, but also could spread and claim the spirit of humankind.
The Head of Sector Bina Kesehatan of the Dinas Peternakan Lamtim [Lamptom East] Animal, Dewanto, yesterday (10-2), justified the attack of the bird flu illness in Lamtim quite worrying because increasingly the attack day spread.
-snip-
Therefore, not rare they sold the chicken talked to them to the market although being not known must be healthy or not.
-snip-
Although the officials of livestock breeding have carried out various control efforts, results will not be maximal if not receiving the support and the resident's participation, especially the owners of this
poultry.
http://www.lampungpost.com/cetak/berita.php?id=2008021102232135

 

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Flood casualties in Karawang Mulai Terserang Diarrhea and ISPA

Agus Sachir - Karawang - Flood casualties in five subdistricts in the Karawang Regency, West Java began to be attacked by the diarrhoea illness and the upper respiratory tract inspection (ISPA).
In general the illness resulting from the flood that for four today floods thousands of houses and this rice cultivation attacked children and parents.
The five subdistricts were the Cibuaya Subdistrict, Tempuran, Simalaya Kulon, Silawaya Wetan and Tirtajaya.
The head of the Pelaksana Unit the Control of the Natural Disaster that also Sekda Kabupaten Karawang, Arifin Kertasasmita to ELSHINTA, on Monday (11/2) today say, the Karawang Regional Government will help totalling 20 ton the seed for the farmers that his paddy-field remained the flood but also provided the medicine for the sufferers and ISPA of the diarrhoea illness.
The Pemda side then till at this time distributed food like the rice, instant noodles and his side dish.

http://www.elshinta.com/v2003a/readnews.htm?id=45877

 

[sharon sanders]

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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial]What next for bird flu in Jakarta?

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]More "visitors" have been visiting Jakarta than ever during the last three years.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] First and foremost among these visitors are floods and the H5N1 virus, which are both more prevalent during the rainy season.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Hype surrounding the virus, or bird flu as it is more commonly known as, follows the same pattern every year. The media kicks off the frenzy with reports on bird flu cases. It also offers ideas as to how victims may have contracted the virus. The central and local governments then jump on board, offering promises and policies almost identical to what they offered the previous year. Then the wet season ends, cases decrease and the hype dies down.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Responding to the latest cases of bird flu in Jakarta this month, Governor Fauzi Bowo had nothing better to say than echo promises his predecessor Sutiyoso made a year ago.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] "We will strengthen restrictions on backyard farming and speed up the relocation of poultry farms from the city," he said.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The new location for these farms was to be the same as last year: Rawa Kepiting in East Jakarta.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Even after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his ministers visited City Hall to discuss the bird flu issue and flood control recently, the first directly elected governor had nothing new to say. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] During Fauzi's first 100 days in office, bird flu certainly did not appear to be on the top of his list of priorities.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The draft of this year's city budget includes no special arrangements to tackle bird flu, nor does it mention anything about the poultry industry. Fauzi chose to focus on fighting dengue fever during the first few months of his tenure.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] But if you were in Fauzi's position, it is likely you would also find it hard to make bird flu an emergency issue. Bird flu seems trivial compared to other illnesses that have plagued the city for decades, including dengue fever and diarrhea.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] In 2006 when 11 cases of bird flu were recorded in the city by the health agency, 24,266 cases of dengue fever were reported with 46 fatalities.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The hype surrounding bird flu is generated more by the central government, which is more tuned in to international panic regarding the illness.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] It is, of course, very reasonable to worry about bird flu.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Unlike dengue fever, which can be caused by just three viruses, researchers have proven that the H5N1 virus could easily mutate into more powerful viruses resistant to existing medication.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] No researcher has found proper vaccines to prevent bird flu, with evidence suggesting the H5N1 virus is resistant to the medication used to treat it -- oseltamivir.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] European public health specialists have also identified that the H5N1 virus is significantly resistant to the drug Tamiflu, which is the world's most widely purchased influenza medicine.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] These reports are certainly frightening, but are they enough to get the administration to wake up to the threat bird flu poses?

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] I certainly doubt it. The recycling of last year's policies regarding bird flu by the current administration strongly backs up this belief.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Fauzi restated his policy regarding bird flu to the media to soothe the troubled minds of members of the public -- and members of the international community -- in light of the fact the number of bird flu victims in Jakarta is rapidly increasing.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] It would not be that hard for the administration to battle bird flu. It made a good start last March when it closed down most backyard poultry farms in the city.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The Jakarta Health Agency recorded no new cases of bird flu between April and August 2007. One could argue that the absence of rain was the main reason for this, but compared to 2006 when the city recorded at least one case of bird flu per month, perhaps the policy worked to an extent.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The problem is that Fauzi, just like any other democratically elected leader, reacts according to the impact of problems on the community. And in the case of Jakarta, dengue fever and traffic congestion seem to affect more people than bird flu. Sure, these problems are less deadly, but they have the potential to give the governor a large headache when fingers are pointed at him.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Bird flu and the gauntlet of other existing diseases in the city should be viewed as a sign that the bar should be raised in terms of quality of life.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Of course the administration could work harder to eradicate bird flu from the city, just like administrations in the past eradicated other illnesses. But bird flu would not be the last illness to scare the residents of Jakarta.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Perhaps -- God forbid -- Fauzi will wait until bird flu affects the number of people currently inconvenienced by Jakarta's traffic chaos before he does anything about it.

[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] --Adisti Sukma Sawitri[/FONT]


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20080212.C05&irec=4[/FONT]

 

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Map of Menggala, Lampung: http://tinyurl.com/ywzzyl

Diskes Tuba Slow

MENGGALA - Till yesterday, the Kesehatan Service (Diskes) Tulang Bawang (Tuba) did not yet act to treat the resident Perumnas Menggala that was attacked by the illness that was expected chikungu him (flu was accompanied by the high as well as painful fever to bones).
That was carried out by Diskes just was limited investigated this illness in the resident's houses.
In fact, this illness was suffered by the resident since two last week.
Ironically, investigation that was carried out then apparently slow.
The proof is, till yesterday, the Executive the Task (Plt.) the Diskes Yasirman Head did not yet learn the cause of the affected resident of flu was accompanied by the high and painful fever to bones.

"Our team (Diskes, Red) with the local community health centre was carrying out epidemiology investigation. Perhaps, tomorrow (day this) would clear up the cause of it" He said.
Then why did not yet take the anticipation action?
Yasirman said, the precaution was just carried out by the illness that attacked this resident it was known results. "We now prepare various medicine that were needed to anticipate. That was important has clear the cause of his illness," He said.
Now, from the monitoring of the Lampung Radar yesterday, this illness was still attacking the resident.
They also admitted to not yet having even one officials Diskes and the local community health centre that checked. "We truly hoped the related side pay attention to. This illness has been very serious because of attacking dozens of residents here," Said a resident.
As is known, this illness attacked the resident Perumnas that was located was not far from the Office of the Tuba Regional Government since two last week.
Although taking medicine to the local medical aide, the patient has not still recovered.
Merwan, a resident, claimed just very this this illness attacked the resident. "Usually, if we were feverish, took medicine to the local official immediately recovered. However, already seven today did not recover" He said.
This kind flu the possibility chikungu him. This illness emerged resulting from the mosquitoes bite but spread to humankind through breathing.

http://radarlampung.co.id/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19931&Itemid=37

 

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Positively Bird Flu, Tens Quail was destroyed

Klaten (ANTARA News) - Dozens of birds quail in the Kasihan Village, Kecamatan Ceper, Kabupaten Klaten, Central Java, was destroyed after being wrong one was from the poultry stated positive contracted the virus of Avian Influenza (bird flu).
The extermination of dozens of birds puyuh in this Kasihan Village was carried out to anticipate in order to not spread to the other poultry, said Kasubdin Peternakan Klaten Sri Muryani, in Klaten, on Thursday.
In this Ceper territory, apart from birds puyuh beforehand was found also dozens of chickens discussed property of villagers Ngawonggo died suddenly and after being checked by the Pertenakan Service was stated positive was attacked by the AI virus or bird flu.

The side of Subdin Peternakan Klaten, almost every day found the poultry belonging to the resident who died suddenly and that.
"Now the virus attacked in the Kasihan Village, then around 50 birds quail immediately was destroyed by means of being burnt in order to not spread to the other poultry," said Sri.


http://www.antara.co.id/arc/2008/2/14/positif-flu-burung-puluhan-puyuh-dimusnahkan/

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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The Eijkman laboratory is not independent from Min of Health anymore.

The agency Eijkman was moved to the Department of Health

The Eijkman agency was per March 17 2008 moved under the Department's co-ordination of the Health.
Beforehand this agency was under State Minister for Research and Technology's co-ordination.

His history previously this Eijkman Agency was under the Department of Health, but since the Minister Of State For Research And Technology Habibie, Lembaga Eijkman was in ba oh the Minister Of State For Research And Technology, said Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari in Jakarta, on Monday (17-3).

The reason why the Eijkman Agency was moved under the Department of Health co-ordination, Menkes Siti Fadilah said, the task of the Eijkman Agency indeed a large number of was linked with the health of humankind.
Everything or the research about humankind had special ethics, then more exact if the Eijkman Agency was under the Department of Health.

Moreover now had bird flu, so if one door will be more effective, said Menkes.
According to Menkes, the Eijkman fund of the Agency research has during 2008 been prepared since last year.

Whereas from 2009, the Department of Health will allocate the special fund for this Eijkman Agency.
Certainly we will try to get the fund for the research.

Results of the research in Eijkman would increasingly the focus for humankind's advantage.

The researchers could exacerbate made antivirus personally.
Basically we will empower the researcher, said Menkes Siti Fadilah Supari.

http://www.kompas.com/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.17.19222477&channel=1&mn=20&idx=97

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Holidays in Indonesia too:

The region of Pantai Kuta since Friday morning (21/3) or entered the day of the two long holidays far more busier.

The traffic all along the Kuta coastal road also appeared most stagnant because of many personal vehicles and the public's car that must queue parked in the coastal region.

Some domestic tourists in Kuta came from the Javanese Island.

Both with the family and the party of one bus.

The Kuta coast that was known with white sand and his wave that were friendly, to tempt children to play water and sand at the edge of the coast.

- snip -

http://www.liputan6.com/sosbud/?id=156678

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Article on mutations of bird flu, different strains and reassortment:


http://www.kompas.co.id/kompascetak/read.php?cnt=.xml.2008.03.26.0052349&channel=2&mn=156&idx=156

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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From Bird Flu Seminar in Bali, a report on resistance of bird flu and Tamiflu.


Virus Flu Burung Terancam Resisten di Indonesia

27/03/2008 11:22 WIB

Gede Suardana - detikcom

Badung - Oseltamivir atau tamiflu merupakan obat flu burung yang selama ini digunakan baik di Indonesia maupun negara-negara lain. Namun tamiflu ini sudah resisten di Vietnam dan Hongkong. Di Indonesia, virus flu burung terancam resisten terhadap obat ini.

"Di Indonesia kita identifikasi adanya perubahan. Dari sudut molekular kalau kita teliti memang ada sedikit perubahan dari aslinya. Hingga itu mengarah kepada kemungkinan adanya resisten," kata Deputi Bidang Pengembangan Sistem Iptek Nasional Kementerian Negara Riset dan Teknologi Amin Soebandrio.

Hal itu disampaikan dia dalam pertemuan tahunan soal flu burung ke-enam di Hotel Wastin Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, Kamis (27/3/2008).

Menurut Amin, resisten terjadi karena penggunaan tamiflu yang banyak sekali dan dosisnya yang kurang. Karenanya, tidak bisa membunuh virus malah menjadikan virusnya terlatih sehingga tambah kuat.

"Untuk itu harus kita cegah. Penggunaan tamiflu harus kita kontrol," ujarnya.

Amin mengatakan, ditemukan juga beberapa perubahan genetik ke mutasi. Dari uji coba obatnya belum ada bukti resisten. Tetapi dilihat dari rangkaian genetiknya virus H5N1 sudah mengarah pada kemungkinan terjadinya resistennya. ( ziz / nvt )

Sumber : http://www.detiknews.com/indexfr.ph...3/tgl/27/time/112256/idnews/914180/idkanal/10

 

[Anne]

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translation

I don't understand exactly what they mean..


Naughty - Oseltamivir or tamiflu was bird flu medicine that uptil now was used both in Indonesia and other countries.
However tamiflu this already resisten in Vietnam and Hong Kong.
In Indonesia, the bird flu virus was threatened resisten against this medicine.
"In Indonesia we the identification" of the "existence" of the "change."
From the corner molekular if being researched by us indeed had few changes from original him.
Until that headed to the possibility of the existence resisten, said the Deputy the Pengembangan Field of the Iptek Nasional Kementerian System of the Riset Country and Amin Soebandrio Technology.
That was sent by him in the annual meeting of the matter of bird flu to-six in the Hotel of Wastin Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali, on Thursday (27/3/2008).
According to Amen, resisten happened because of the use tamiflu that a great number and his dose that not all that.
Because of this, could not kill the virus even made his virus be trained so as stronger.
"So must be prevented by us."
The use tamiflu must we the control, he said.
Amen said, was found also several genetic changes to the mutation.
From his medicine test did not yet have proof resisten.
But was seen from his genetic series the virus H5N1 has headed in the possibility of the occurrence resisten him.
(ziz/nvt)

 

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[Virus Mutated, Looking for New Medicine or will Increase Dose of Tamiflu]

Indonesia Search Medicine New Flu Burung
Kamis, 27/03/2008

Indonesia will look for new medicine or increased the dose tamiflu because of the discovery of the bird flu virus or avian influenza (AI) that mutated in Indonesia.

This matter was expressed during the Tahunan Flu Burung VI Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, this morning.

According to delegation's Indonesian member that also Chairman Panel Ahli Komnas Flu Burung Nasional Amin Soebandrio, the development of the case of bird flu in Indonesia often experienced the change.
However, his change not improved, but got bad.

"We still studied whether needing the existence of the increase in the dose or new medicine to face the attack of the bird flu virus," he said.

Amen added, uptil now the control of the case of bird flu was still relying on medicine that was suggested by the Department of the Health (the Department of Health) and WHO, that is tamiflu.
Therefore, did not yet get the recommendation whether not needing or replacing bird flu medicine that uptil now depend on tamiflu.
Amen stressed, the virus that the first time was found in Hong Kong in 1997 this his development was very fast.
He recorded, at this time has had 200 casualties died and 100 casualties including coming from Indonesia.

Alhasil, as Chairman Panel Ahli Komnas Flu Burung Nasional asked for special attention to the spreading of this virus.

In the meantime, the senior staff the Organisation of Agriculture and Food (FAO) Hans Gerhard Wagner said, till at this time the spreading of this virus reached 40 countries, both in the Asian region, Europe, and Africa.

According to Wagner, the spreading was very fast that was caused by the existence of good poultry livestock breeding in a modern way and traditionally.
Especially for traditional livestock breeding, because almost in general livestock breeding of this kind more close to the settlement.
"Sometimes was behind their house," he said.

Wagner added, the prevention that must be carried out was to monitor directly available livestock breeding in the housing environment.
Because, from the data that was received by FAO, most livestock breeding really was closed so as air that circulated in and around the pen was same air.

Moreover, air that was inhaled the poultry- this poultry was air that was the same as the waste that they discarded.
The country that joined this conference among them South Africa, America, Korea, China, Turki, Japan, and Indonesia as this agenda host.
Expected, in this conference to be able to produce the new policy towards the problem of the virus that became the international problem above-mentioned. Especially, for Indonesia that had casualties died most first, 50% casualties died from Indonesia.



http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/berita-utama-sore/indonesia-cari-obat-baru-flu-b-3.html

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

From the same Bird Flu Seminar on Bali : Tamiflu still effective in treatment.

27/03/08 15:16

Tamiflu Masih Efektif bagi Penderita Flu Burung di RI


Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Penggunaan tamiflu untuk pengobatan flu burung di Indonesia masih efektif, walau di identifikasi telah terjadi resistensi, kebenarannya belum dapat dibuktikan, kata Deputi Bidang Pengembangan Sistem Iptek Nasional, Kementerian Negara Riset dan Teknologi, Prof DR Amin Soebandrio.

Di Nusa Dua, Bali, Kamis, ia mengatakan, hingga saat ini masih dianggap efektif sebagai obat penyakit flu burung yang disebabkan virus Avian Influensa (AI).

"Kita belum sampai pada tingkat kekhawatiran untuk penggunaan tamiflu tersebut," katanya, di sela-sela pertemuan tahunan ke-6 flu burung yang diikuti 25 negara, diantaranya Jepang, Indonesia, China, Vietnam dan Afrika Selatan yang berlangsung hingga 28 Maret 2008.

Dia mengatakan, obat tersebut bisa saja terjadi risistensi, jika dalam penggunaan terhadap penderita tidak sesuai petunjuk atau karena kelebihan dosis.

"Oleh karena itu dalam pemberian obat tamiflu tidak diberikan secara sembarangan bagi setiap gejala flu. Sebelum memberikan dosis tersebut dilakukan cek laboratorium untuk mengetahui si pasien, apakah si pasien positif menderita flu burung atau hanya flu biasa," ucapnya.

Menurut Amin, pemberian dosis tamiflu sangat ketat dan obat itu hanya ada di Puskesmas dan rumah sakit. Obat itu pun tidak dijual sembarangan termasuk di berbagai apotek.

"Langkah yang dilakukan pemerintah melalui Departemen Kesehatan untuk tidak menjual obat tersebut dengan tujuan menghindari agar masyarakat tidak cepat-cepat meminum tamiflu, pada hal sakitnya belum tentu mengarah kesana," kata Amin menambahkan. (*)


http://www.antara.co.id/arc/2008/3/27/tamiflu-masih-efektif-bagi-penderita-flu-burung-di-ri/

 

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Excerpt:

The use tamiflu for bird flu medical treatment in Indonesia was still effective, although it was identified resistance happened, but his truth still could not be proven.
The deputy the Pengembangan Field of the Iptek Nasional System, Kementerian of the Riset Country and Technology, of Prof Amin Soebandrio in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Thursday (27/3) said, till at this time still was it was considered effective as medicine of the bird flu illness that was caused by the virus aviant influenza (AI).
"We not yet to the level" of the "concern for the use tamiflu this," he said, in meeting gaps yearly the 6 bird flu that was followed 25 countries among them, Japan, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, and South Africa that will take place till this coming March 28.
He said, this medicine could happened risistensi if in the use against the sufferer not in accordance with the guidance or because of the dose surplus.

http://www.mediaindonesia.com/berita.asp?id=164244

 

[Anne]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

in june 2007 : CIDRAP

( I ve not the link )
did they speak about it, or about a new mutation ?

FLU CONFERENCE COVERAGE
H5N1, other flu viruses show signs of drug resistance
Maryn McKenna Contributing Writer


Jun 22, 2007 ? TORONTO (CIDRAP News) Indonesian, Cambodian isolates appear resistant
In the most surprising paper, McKimm-Breschkin revealed that isolates from two of the H5N1 virus's three main groupings, or clades, have developed partial resistance to oseltamivir. Viruses recovered from domestic birds in Cambodia, a clade 1 country, became 6 to 7 times less sensitive to oseltamivir between 2004 and 2005, as measured by lab tests. And 2005 isolates from Indonesia, the country where the clade 2 grouping arose before spreading west as far as Europe, were 25 to 30 times less sensitive to oseltamivir than any of the clade 1 viruses collected in 2004.