General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 to 26 September 2008

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Against ketidak transparanan WHO in overcoming Bird Flu
Chapter 1 : 07-07-2008

Not many Indonesian women that the hero.
If previously we knew RA Kartini, in this period of Indonesia to have extraordinary nation assets.
He Republic of Indonesia Health Minister, Dr.dr.
Siti Fadilah Supari, Sp.JP (K).
Was not abundant if Dr. Siti Fadilah was acknowledged as the hero's woman.
Because, owing to his blow that was controversial, he succeeded in reforming the WHO policy that often has shown injustice.
In his agenda of the operation of the work book that be entitled “Saat him the World changed the hands of the Lord was overturned by the Burung― Flu Virus, Siti Fadilah revealed his concern against not transparent him WHO in responding to the case of bird flu.
In the agenda that was held in Garuda Mukti Space the floor of this V Rektorat Unair, Siti Fadilah also explained his struggle break through ketidaktransparanan that was carried out by WHO in carrying out the data sequencing the virus H5N1.

Gotten by much injustice that WHO did in this case.
Including being in arranging the distribution of the medicine in the situation outbreak and the virus sharing.
“Satu the matter again that made me angry to be when WHO concluded klaster that happened in the Karo Land was a spread incident between humankind.
How could the global organisation like WHO that had often was expert epidemologi made keseimpulan was as reckless as itu,―jelas Siti Fadilah.
According to Siti Fadilah, the news about the spread of bird flu directly from humankind to the humankind was untrue.
Because if true, then first casualties were the health power that treated them.
And possibly the death in the area of casualties would a large number of, could reach tens even thousands of people.
This statement was supported by results of the research of the Eijkman Agency that was successful did sequencing specimen the virus H5N1 from the Karo Land.
Resulting from this incident, Siti Fadilah then immediately launched the hard protest action against WHO. Ia considered necessarily this problem was discussed before before giving the conclusion to the international media.
Not only that, he then really regretted ketidaktransparanan that was carried out by WHO towards the distribution of Tamiflu medicine.
Rich countries like the United States made Tamiflu as stockpiling in fact the countries did not experience the bird flu pandemic.
So as at the time of Indonesia and other affected countries the case of bird flu needed, this medicine was not encountered in the market.

Injustice did not stop there then.
“Saya very surprised when hearing the scientists in the world not all of them could access the data sequencing DNA H5N1 that was kept in WHO CC. the Data that was kept in WHO CC evidently was kept in the Alamos Shed, a laboratory that was under the Ministry of American Energy Serikat,― revealed Siti.
This laboratory that previously drafted the Hiroshima atom bomb.
As a result the scientific information was only controlled by few researchers then.
Faced ketidaktransparanan this, Siti Fadilah then drafted a series of action.
On August 8 2006 the history of the world recorded Indonesia sued ketidaktransparanan the data sequencing this by means of sending the data to Gene Bank.
Initially the data that was sent by this Indonesia was only kept in WHO then.
This blow was then welcomed happy by the scientists of all the world.
Since the blow that was carried out by Menkes, the Alamos Shed laboratory reportedly was closed.
However unfortunately till at this time the existence of the data sequencing viruses that had been sent to WHO CC were not known.

The book operation that also was attended by four panellists, that is Prof.Rika Subarniati, dr.SKM, Dr.Teguh Sylvaranto, Dr, Sp.An KIC, Dr. J.F.Palilingan, dr.SpP (K) and Drs. Bagong Suyanto, MSi took place warm.
Participants's enthusiasm towards Health Minister's perseverance fought for the WHO transparency telihat was high enough.
On the end of his speech, Menkes the birth
This solo said that at this time the step that must be carried out the Indonesian nation was to reinforce the sovereignty.
“Ha him the country had sovereignty that could remove injustice before the earth ini,― firm the minister.

http://www.unair.ac.id/fpdf/?news=918

 

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The Kecoh community and Walet Menyebarkan Flu Burung
Senin, 07 Juli 2008

Mayor Pontianak Dr. H. Buchary Abdurrahman, SpKK asked for the community not too much meributkan the Walet matter.
Don't always deceived the Walet matter.
The Walet matter has been arranged in Nomor Regional Regulations 13 in 2006.
Walet did not spread bird flu.
The resident of the Subdistrict Pontianak Timur asked the government of the Pontianak City to arrange breeding of the swiftlet.
Caused has sprung up some breeding walet in this region.
As being revealed by the RT Management in the District of Banjar Serasan Pontianak, Junaidi.
According to him, the Walet cultivation has cleared several districts in Pontianak Timur, including the Banjar Serasan District.
Moreover, the businessman has developed Walet breeding as far as close to the SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL of Terpadu Pontianak.
We expected the government of the Pontianak City to be able to dismiss the rule to handle the problem walet this.
In order to not have the problem with the local community, said Junaidi in the agenda discussed Kampung in the Hall of Kantor Camat Pontianak Timur on Saturday morning (5/7).

Likewise that was said by Abdul Qomar as the Management RT 06 RW 2 districts of Saigon Pontianak.
Abdul questioned standarisasi Walet breeding in a territory.
Because of having the Walet concern could cause the impact for the community around it, for example the bird flu illness.
Walet also became a problem that must be explained to the community concerning his impact, said Abdul.
Ditempat that was the same the Head of Kapedalda Kota Pontianak, Ade Halida claimed to be the government of the Pontianak City could not take the Walet sample in the Subdistrict Pontianak Timur.
However he acknowledged still many Walet efforts in the Pontianak City that was not yet appropriate.
The problem in general in his breeding.
The sample of the Walet waste has also been tested.
Results of the Walet waste did not endanger.
We have researched 27 penangkar Walet in the Pontianak City.
Results will be exposed to the council (DPRD Kota-red) in the near future, said Ade when discussing Kampung in Pontianak Timur.

http://pemkot.pontianak.go.id/detail.html?cat=berita&id=1853

 

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Reading beyond the propaganda: the issues at hand

Reading beyond the propaganda: the issues at hand

A law professor dissects the legal issues behind national sovereign rights over biological materials and agreements to share viruses and derived sequences:
<i>Perspective: Influenza Virus Samples, International Law, and Global Health Diplomacy. </i>David P. Fidler. Emerg Infect. Dis. Volume 14, Number 1?January 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/1/88.htm

Developing nations dissection of the issues:
<i>Perspective: Third World Network Briefing Paper, SHARING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES </i>(May 2007, timed to the WHA May 07 meeting to discuss and attempt to resolve legal issues behind sharing of biological materials and information resources derived thereof. http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/avian.flu/papers/avian.flu.twn.briefing.paper.may2007.doc.

See also: The Rush is On for patents on avian flu viruses and vaccines (Oct 2007, TWN.org).
http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/avian.flu/news.stories/afns.013.htm

For the record: Thailand first raised the issue of the global inequities in avian influenza when developing countries would face shortages of scarce and expensive vaccines in the event of a pandemic outbreak - a full year before Indonesia raised the issue of implied ownership and rights over avian influenza viruses originating within it's borders and shared through international cooperative agreement guidelines (2005, WHO).

 

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The octopus that did not forget the root: PT charoen pokphand Tbk


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CPIN believe in that the request would food of the chicken livestock was still being very big.
Because, apart from the number of piece chickens decreased as a result of spreading him the virus H5N1 (bird flu), the requirement would this animal protein stayed high.
This because of the price of the chicken still including cheap was compared other animal protein.

Consumption of the chicken per capita in Indonesia was also still low, only 4,5 kilogram per the year.
The figure clear far below Malaysia that has exceeded 27 kilogram per capita per the year.
That was the reason, this industrial prospect in Indonesia was still good.
Believed in will develop.
CPIN only made and sold livestock food, but also sold the age chicken an alias day day old chick (DOC).
At this time, CPIN controlled 35% of the market share of livestock food and DOC in Indonesia.
The competitor CPIN was Japfa Comfeed with the market share 20%.
Other companies must share the market share with ownership in general 4-5%.
Now market share the company was per March 2008 recorded, 50% for chicken food, the chick 44%, whim meat 72%, layer food 33%, and deochicklayer 36%.
The co-ordinator the Forum for the Community of Perunggasan Indonesia Don P Utoyo estimated this efforts turnover more than Rp in the 30 's trillion.
The figure came from the DOC Rp sale 3 trillion, the sale of Rp poultry food 20 trillion, the chicken lived Rp 1.5 trillion, the Rp egg 8 trillion.

http://www.ciptapangan.com/index.php?action=view&id=6969&module=newsmodule&src=@random47201ed8c45c3

 

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The Bird Flu detector Then Corruption

Kamis, 10 Juli 2008 21:45 WIB

It was really embarrassing that the behaviour of our official. When this country was stricken by the virus avian influenza or bird flu, there was also the official who had the heart to make use of the opportunity to obtain the personal profit. The rotten conduct of this official, began to be exposed by the Agung Attorney General's Office (Kejagung). Two suspects were appointed in the case of the assumption of corruption of the procurement project rapid diagnoza kit or the implement to detect bird flu totalling 191,00 units with the Rp value 14.8 billion. The head of the Centre of Hukum Information (Kapuspenkum) Kejagung BD Nainggolan explained, two suspects in this case were Chairman Pengadaan Rapid Test Avian Influenza with initials Is and the official of the manufacturer of the commitment that had the initials Ms. Dua this suspect had the title of the veterinary surgeon who was assigned in the Department of Agriculture. Is was Irwan Sofyan and Ms was Musni Suratmadja. On "Wednesday and this Thursday, the investigating team that was led by Nur Rachmat questioned three witnesses for two suspects," stressed Nainggolan in the Kejagung Building, Jakarta, on Thursday (10/7). The three witnesses who were questioned were the secretary of the procurement rapid the test.

"That was relevant was checked as the related witness the process" of the "change" in the "technical condition that it was suspected caused PT Bio Farma to win the tender," continued Nainggolan. The case of implement corruption pengetes bird flu happened in Director General Direktorat Jenderal Peternakan to the Department of Agriculture in 2006. For this project, was held by as many as 191,000 units with the value of the project of Rp 17.1 billion. Suspected of, in the determination of the winner of the tender happening pengkondisian that is changing the technical condition. So, PT Bio Farma could win the tender with the value of bargaining with a value of Rp 14.898 billion. After the thing was distributed to the area, evidently the implement pengetes this bird flu could not be used completely because of not filling the quality that was required.

http://www.waspada.co.id/Berita/Nasional/Alat-Pendeteksi-Flu-Burung-Pun-Dikorupsi.html

 

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Health Hooked Solid By Endurance Nasional
KAMIS, 10 JULI 2008 | 14:06 WIB

The physical health of a nation was very related was tight to his national endurance. Because of that the Department of the Health and the Troops of Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Darat/TNI-AD established the co-operation in relation to national endurance. The "war in the future could be no longer used the missile, but could used the biological weapon that came from the biological data," said Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari after the signing of the Agreement of the co-operation of the health field with Chief-of-Staff Angkatan Darat General Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo in Jakarta, on Thursday (10/7). This co-operation agreement was the continuation of the last agreement that was signed during 1999 and ended in 2004 then. The co-operation covered the provisions of the health service of the foundation and reconciliation, the control of the mass disaster, the social service activity, the provisions of medicine and the medical instrument in accordance with the requirement, the fulfilment of the health power in service means and the implementation of education, the training, the research, and the development of knowledge and technology in the health field.

The health service included also the service in the area of the conflict, was isolated, the island and most foreign. Moreover the Department of Health and TNI-AD co-operated for environmental sanitation, the health of the dimension of the land, as well as the eradication and the control of the illness.

http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/07/10/14063051/kesehatan.terkait.erat.dengan.ketahanan.nasional.

 

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Attorney General the Examination of Procurement Corruption of Rapid Test Burung Flu

The investigating team to Deputy Attorney General Tindak Pidana of Corruption (the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes) intensified investigation of the case of the assumption of the criminal act of Rapid Test Avian Influenza procurement corruption (bird flu) with the suspect Drh Is (Chairman Pengadaan Rapid Test Avian Influenza) and Drh Ms (the Official of the Manufacturer of the Commitment). The investigating team to the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes who was chaired by Nur Rahmat, in the Building of Bundar Kejaksaan Agung Jakarta, checked Suwandi Suryo (Director PT Elo Karsa Utama) and Sarimun Sulaeman from PT Bio Farma as the witness in this case, the central headword of Hukum Information (Kapuspenkum) Kejagung, BD Nainggolan, in Jakarta, on Thursday. He explained, the two witnesses were questioned related the process of the change in the technical condition that it was suspected caused PT Bio Farma to fill the condition and to win the tender that was carried out by the two suspects in the procurement rapid test avian influenza. In the control of the plague of the bird flu virus, Director General Peternakan during 2006 held the procurement project of Rapid Diagnosa Kit to detect the bird flu virus totalling 191,000 units with the value of the project Rp17,19 billion.

Suspected of in the determination of the winner of the tender happening pengkondisian that is by changing the technical condition so as PT Bio Farma won the auction with the value Rp14,89 billion, said the Kejagung spokesperson.

After the thing was distributed to the area evidently Rapid Diagnosa Kit could not be utilised completely, so as to be suspected of resulting in the country's loss Rp14,89 miliar.

http://nasional.infogue.com/kejagung_sidik_korupsi_pengadaan_rapid_test_flu_burung

 

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Japan gave help of the alleviation fund of bird flu 1.78 billion yen
Jumat, 11/07/2008

Subang: Japan International for Cooperation Agency (JICA) brought about help of the grant took the form of the increase project in the laboratory veteriner for the control of bird flu and the other animal illness with a value of 1,78 billion yen for Indonesia. Help that was agreed to by two sides since September 2007 that was handed over to rehabilitate two laboratories in the Penyidikan Hall and the Veteriner Testing (BPPV) Medan and Lampung as well as the development one BPPV just in Subang that began his construction yesterday. The BPPV development new that was marked by the laying of the cornerstone by Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono that was witnessed by the Representative Subang Regent Maman Yudia, Dirjen of Tjeppy D. Sudjana Livestock Breeding, and the Representative of the Ambassador Japanese Shigekazu Sato. The wild animal said bird flu was the biggest challenge for all humankind. Not only the misfortune for the poultry industry, but also became the human threat. "Very important for us to encourage efforts to face this illness."

Indonesia, he continued, was one country that was affected the big impact jangkitan the bird flu virus because of his spreading happened in 31 from 33 available provinces, including several areas also has become endemi. Therefore, he said, Japan went through JICA gave this grant to maximise investigation of the animal illness especially bird flu so as to press the risk of the spreading and the mutation of this virus. Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono admitted the condition for the virus infection at this time tended to experience the decline. "This because sekarang� the hot season." We must be still being on the alert later if beginning the rain season. The virus will not develop, if hot like this.

http://web.bisnis.com/edisi-cetak/edisi-harian/agribisnis/1id67913.html

 

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Mimika To Be Careful Rabies from the Moluccas
KAMIS, 10 JULI 2008 | 14:45 WIB

Regional Government (the Regional Government) Mimika, Papua at this time guarded against the spread of the rabies illness from the Moluccas that have been positive tertular. "Seen from the distance and the geographical location, Timika really close to several areas in the Moluccan island, everything of Timika was one of the entrances to Papua, the" Peternakan Kabupaten Mimika" Service headword, Ir John Wicklif Tegai went through Kasubdin Kesehatan of the Drh Sabelina Fitriani Animal, in Timika, on Thursday. In connection with that, Disnak Mimika continued to activate the socialisation activity of the Daerah Regulation of the Papua No Province 4 in 2006 about the Ban on Anjing Revenue, Kucing and the Monkey to Papua.

On the other hand, said Sabelina, the supervision will in the Mozes Kilangin Airport and the Port of Paumako Timika be tightened co-operated with the Hewan Quarantine side and the side of KP3 Laut District Police Mimika. According to Sabelina, the Mimika territory very susceptible from the threat for the brightness of the activity of the transport of the thing and the person that went out of the illness of reason rabies entered the Paumako Port. Moreover, almost most villages in the Mimika coastal territory were not supervised well. "Wood ships and the community's transport sometimes docked at countryside villages." Their activity was in no way supervised by the official, said Sabelina sembari added the case of the spread of the rabies illness to the Moluccan area also went through the media of the intermediary of the fisherman's ships. Apart from the case of rabies, the Mimika Regional Government also continued guard against spread him came back the case hog cholera (pig cholera) and Avian Inluensa (bird flu).

Although from results of the laboratory test just recently menunjukan results of the negative, but the two illnesses were it was considered very risky to spread again. Pig cholera had attacked the Mimika territory around 2004 and 2007 then that caused the death of thousands of tails of the pig belonging to the community. In the meantime the bird flu illness had also attacked the Mimika territory in 2006. At that time Disnak Mimika destroyed approximately 700 chickens around the Timika city. To anticipate spread him came back pig cholera, Disnak Mimika distributed 5000-7000 vaccines to the owner's community of the livestock. Disnak Mimika also tightened revenue of consignment pork from outside the area. The businessman that memasukan pork, the chicken and the egg must accompany the certificate of the health of the animal in the area of the origin. "If without this letter, we will deny," said Sabelina. Two last week, Disnak Mimika destroyed 12 mature nonpedigreed chickens that were carried ship passengers from the Moluccas.

http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/07/10/14453013/mimika.waspadai.rabies.dari.maluku

 

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Indonesian army, health ministry resume cooperation on health service


www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-11

JAKARTA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian Ministry of Health and the Army have agreed to resume their cooperation on healthcare which established in 1999 and expired in 2004, national Antara News Agency reported on Friday.

The cooperation was renewed for another five years because it turned out to be beneficial for improving Indonesian people's health, Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadilah was quoted as saying.

She said that the cooperation included various things such as provision of basic health services and references, post disaster healthcare, health service in border and conflict areas, control of contagious diseases, environmental health, preparation of medical personnel and technological health research and development.

In the meantime, Army Chief General Agustadi said that all of the programs were to be carried out by utilizing the available resources available at both sides.

He said that the Health Ministry would be responsible for facilitating the procurement of medicines, medical equipment, medical personnel and healthcare facilities.

The Army will provide health services and all resources it has from the headquarters down to regional branches to support the implementation of the medical service programs.

"The cooperation is also carried out in the form of health assistance for other countries which also experienced natural disasters such as in China, Iran and the Philippines," Siti Fadilah said.

She added that Army personnel were also involved in the handling of malaria, tuberculosis and bird flu.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/11/content_8528789.htm

 

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The plague of Bird Flu was Still threatening Indonesia

The plague of bird flu (Avian Influenza) in Indonesia still continued to be guarded against. This deadly illness was still having the potential to develop faster than last 2005. Agriculture Minister, Anton Apriyantono, said, this illness must be guarded against, especially during the rain season. His article, the development of the bird flu virus in the rain season was far more aggressive compared with the dry season like at this time. We 'must continue to be on the alert against this bird flu attack', said Anton, in gaps of the Penyidikan Hall cornerstone of the Veteriner Testing of the laying agenda (BPPV), in the Village of Werasari Kel Dangdeur Kab Subang, on Thursday (10/7).

Anton explained, the plague of the bird flu illness the first time was in Indonesia around 2004. This plague, caused the economic loss in large scale. The following year, said Anton, this bird flu threatened the spirit of humankind. Because, the spreading of his deadly virus not only from the animal to the animal, but already to humankind. In 2005, said Anton, was recorded by approximately 136 people was infected the AI virus, even 110 people among them, his spirit could not be rescued.

Since 'bird flu attacked humankind, then we carried out the research to produce his charm medicine', he said. It was further that Anton said, because of the fear of the bird flu threat that increasingly raged this, then several researches and the laboratory were developed to produce the dangerous illness charm that was spread by the livestock animal. One of them, with the development of the health laboratory of the animal to avian influenza (AI). Named by Anton, ideally each province in Indonesia had this laboratory. However, said he, because of the limitations of the fund, at this time the AI laboratory available in Indonesia this just totalling eight units. Director General Peternakan Departemen of Agriculture, Cepy Sujana Daradjatun, claimed, the development of the AI laboratory that the laying of his cornerstone was carried out yesterday that was the natural grant from the Japanese community. The value of help that was given by Japan as big as 1,78 billion yen Japan.

"Dengan help from Japan this, was hoped we could create the charm for bird flu and anthrax," he said. Whereas the representative of the Japanese Embassy for Indonesia, Satoro Sato, added, the development project of this laboratory must immediately be finished. He aimed at the BPPV development in Subang this was finished in March 2009 that would datang. win

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Jul 08 2008
Geliat the Central Javan Program, from Fiqih the Demonstration To Preceptive Burung Flu

The team of the Control of Bird Flu of Muhammadiyah Central Java his plan will also hold the meeting agenda of the Movement of the Bersih Environment, Masyarakat Bebas Flu Burung, and it was continued with the appointment agenda of PKU Muhammadiyah Gombong Kebumen space of the isolation of hospital Bird Flu. His plan of Health Minister Fadhilah Supari and General Chairman Muhammadiyah

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Guard against Penyakit Musim Kemarau" Jum'at",
on July 11 2008, 14:53:00

SOREANG, (PRLM)." - Enter the dry season, the community was asked to guard against the spreading of the diarrhoea illness and the upper respiratory tract infection (ISPA) that often emerged. Guarded the pattern of the clean life including the cleanliness of food and the drink that were consumed everyday, was believed will press this seasonal illness emergence. "Usually the diarrhoea illness and ISPA become an epidemic in the dry season." Only of our behaviours that could avoid the illness threat, said Dr. Suhardiman, Kepala of the Penyehatan Lingkungan Field and the Prevention of the Illness (PLP2) the Kesehatan Service of the Bandung Regency, on Friday (11/7). According to Suhardiman, the Kesehatan Service data did not show the existence of the rise in the case of two illnesses in some last time. However, if being not anticipated by the community, then did not close the possibility of spreading. Specially diarrhoea, in fact will result in the death.

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Ward off Penyakit with PHBS

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Wash the hands One of the habits that was included in PHBS was to wash the hands. Although being impressed trivial, washed the hands had the big benefit. According to the health practitioner Dr Handrawan Nadesul, at least had 20 illness kinds that could be prevented only by adjusting to wash the hands truly. Illnesses 'that could be prevented by washing the hands including diarrhoea, typhus, cacingan, influenza, the cough, skin illnesses, also bird flu', explained Dr Handrawan in the workshop about the benefit washed the hands for the health of the body in Jakarta, some time before. According to Handrawan, washed the hands to the effective method of preventing the spread of the illness because of germs that clung to the hands to one of the spread links of the illness. In the case of diarrhoea for example, diarrhoea germs took part in going out with the waste/faeces and was easy to move to the hands during the sufferer cebok. When afterwards he did not wash the hands well, these germs could move to objects that were touched by him including food/the drink that possibly was consumed also by the other person. The spread then was easy to happen. The same thing also happened in the case cacingan and typhus. In bird flu, germs that clung to the poultry found it easy to move to the hands of people that contact with this animal. Germs could on the hands enter the respiratory tract when this person touched his face, added Dr Handrawan that also the writer of the book and the column of the health in this mass media. Could be said, continued Dr Handrawan, the hands were one of the entrances for various illness kinds. To close this door, washed the hands was the exact step.

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Siti Fadilah Supari
Between Fighter and Gambler

Although his struggle exposed the conspiracy in the Organisation of the Health of the World (WHO) not all that got the support from inside the country, Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari, admitted to not losing energy. He then continued to go round to various campuses, the islamic boarding school, and social groups to menyosialisasikan the contents of his book that contained all of his experience with WHO, especially concerning the sending of the bird flu virus that was mentioned by him for example the occurrence of the WHO conspiracy with developed countries. Siti Fadilah repeatedly proposed that WHO did dishonest by stating Indonesia was not allotted stock of medicine tamiflu, because the medicine was bought up developed countries that in fact did not have the bird flu patient. The height of stamina campaign for his book, according to this minister, because he held the principle that a fighter was not oriented to results, but the process. That his difference the fighter with the gambler. If the gambler was always being oriented in results, while the fighter continued processed and results were up to you Allah, said the graduate FK UGM Yogyakarta.

The writer's perseverance of the Saatnya Dunia Berubah book afterwards brought results because at this time his struggle 'against the' organisation' under the auspices of UN precisely often was supported by the other country and has at this time had 120 countries. This was indeed seen strange, because 120 countries were the Non-aligned movement that in the UN was crushed. Moreover now England, Russia, Germany, and Australia also support my struggle, said the winner of the degree of the heart specialist and the doctor from this UI tersebut.

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Australia concerned by bird flu reporting


PHILIP DORLING
4/July/2008 11:03:00 PM
Australia has expressed strong concern that world health authorities could be unaware of Indonesia's efforts to combat the deadly bird flu virus after the recent decision to cut back on its reporting obligations.The office of Health Minister Nicola Roxon has confirmed to The Canberra Times that Australian authorities sought clarification of Indonesia's policy on reporting human cases of avian influenza to the World Health Organisation.
This was after Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari announced in June that Indonesian authorities would no longer report individual human cases of bird flu to the WHO and would instead provide six-monthly reports.
Immediate reporting of bird flu or similar influenza cases is considered essential to quickly detect any human-to-human transmission of a virus that could be the beginning of a global pandemic.
To date, human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus has not been detected.
Diplomatic sources said Australia's disquiet about Dr Supari's statement was very clearly conveyed to Indonesian authorities.
A senior Australian health official involved in national pandemic planning said Indonesia's management of bird flu was severely deficient.
"Not much has been said publicly for obvious diplomatic reasons, but [the Indonesians] really can't manage this at all well," the official said.
"Their health authorities are weak, sometimes incompetent. There aren't enough veterinarians and too many backyard chickens. [Health Minister] Supari is off the planet on avian influenza. She really doesn't understand the issue.
"We'll probably learn about human-to-human transmission via a tourist returning to Australia long before the Indonesians report a case to the WHO. One day a pandemic will be upon us and it may well be incubated in the Jakarta slums."
News of the Australian Government's representations in Jakarta came as Australia hosted the World Poultry Congress in Brisbane with more than 2000 international delegates.
Dr Supari's June announcement attracted widespread criticism from international health experts who highlighted the importance of prompt reporting of new infections and warned that Indonesia would be in violation of International Health Regulations.
Nearly half (110) of the 243 human deaths from bird flu worldwide have occurred in Indonesia.
The death rate is much higher in Indonesia, with 110 deaths from 135 cases, compared with other Asian countries.
In Vietnam, 106 cases have led to 52 deaths.
Dr Supari has been at odds with the WHO and other countries about bird flu for more than a year.
She has refused to share Indonesian H5N1 virus samples with other countries, claiming foreign drug companies would use them to create vaccines that Indonesia couldn't afford.
Ms Roxon's office declined to say whether the Australian Government was satisfied with Indonesia's compliance with international health regulations, and noted that WHO assistant director-general for health security Dr David Heymann had said Indonesian authorities had told the WHO they would continue to report avian influenza cases.
Australian bird flu expert, Dr Andrew Turner, said earlier this week the risk bird flu might trigger a global pandemic was small, but health authorities had to be vigilant.
http://margaretriver.yourguide.com....a-concerned-by-bird-flu-reporting/804825.aspx

 

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 +

Re: General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 +

The ban on the Import of the Hen was pulled out
SABTU, 12 JULI 2008 | 17:54 WIB

JAKARTA, SABTU - Apart from pulling out the ban on the import of meat from New Zealand, Director General Peternakan also pulled out the ban on the import of the poultry and the product from the poultry from AS. the policy was poured in the Instruction No.11034/2008 about the withdrawal of the ban on the import of the poultry and the product from the poultry from the United States. Director Kesehatan of the Veteriner Deptan Turni Rusli Community, on Saturday (12/7), in Jakarta said, the decision of the withdrawal of the ban on the import of the poultry and the material was from the poultry carried out after the US government carried out technical clarification related the plague of virus bird flu H7N3. In his clarification, the US government said carried out the extermination against all the poultries in livestock breeding that kedapatan and that not terinveksi the virus H7N3 in Arkansas. Surveilance was also done comprehensively from seedling cultivation, the maintenance of the chicken in the pen to the reduction.

http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/07/12/17541650/larangan.impor.induk.ayam.dicabut

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Indonesia Human Cases 20th June 2008 +

Re: Indonesia Human Cases 20th June 2008 +

[I think this texts doesn't relate to human health -- feel free to move it into the correct thread - from Commonground -- IOH]

TTTranslation:

Jakarta, on Saturday -

Apart From pulling out the ban on the import of meat from New Zealand, Director General Peternakan also pulled out the ban on the import of the poultry and the product from the poultry from AS.

the policy was poured in the Instruction No.11034/2008 about the withdrawal of the ban on the import of the poultry and the product from the poultry from the United States.

Director Kesehatan of the Veteriner Deptan Turni Rusli Community, on Saturday (12/7), in Jakarta said, the decision of the withdrawal of the ban on the import of the poultry and the material was from the poultry carried out after the US government carried out technical clarification related the plague of virus bird flu H7N3.

In his clarification, the US government said carried out the extermination against all the poultries in livestock breeding that kedapatan and that not terinveksi the virus H7N3 in Arkansas.

Surveilance was also done comprehensively from seedling cultivation, the maintenance of the chicken in the pen to the reduction.

 

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 +

Re: General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 +

The US official met the Director General Peternakan Larangan on the import of the poultry will be pulled out
Excerpt:
the ban on the import of the poultry and the poultry material from the USA for the time being, in accordance with SK the Director General of the Department's Livestock Breeding of Agriculture No.01004/07/2008 about the Temporary Stopping of Poultry Revenue and the Poultry Material from the USA to Indonesia, immediately was inspected. The director general of Deptan Tjeppy D. Sudjana Livestock Breeding acknowledged his side immediately will consider repeated the temporary dismissal of poultry revenue from the Country Paman Sam after meeting the representative of the government of the country that was scheduled on this day. Tjeppy beforehand said the poultry from the USA no entry to had the report from the Organisation of the Health of the Dunia Animal if the poultry from the USA not terjangkit the plague (avian influenza). Was based on the report on the US Government to the organisation of the Health of the Dunia Animal, through immediate notification report on June 11 2008 about the plague incident low pathogenic Avian Influenza on June 7 2008 in poultry livestock breeding in Arkansas, Washington, AS. On the basis of, the Indonesian Government [the Department of Agriculture] immediately dismissed the ban on the temporary import.
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Not only the matter of the poultry. Although being affected the impact of the ban on the import of the poultry of the USA, chicken revenue indukan (parent stock/grand parent stock) and the food raw material from the poultry then will continue to be permitted provided that coming from the free zone bird flu. "Later we will see again." All of them, including the PS import and GPS. Setelah had clarification from the US side just we will see again how, he said in gaps Anton Apriyantono of the Minister For Agriculture's visit in Subang yesterday. Director Kesehatan of the Animal to Director General Peternakan Deptan Musny A. Suatmodjo said his side discussed this with the director general and proposed to permit the DOC import from the state that was not affected by the virus. Musny realised till at this time Indonesia still depended on the import to guarantee the PS availability and GPS from the USA so that supplies of the chicken seed in the sufficient country.

"Revenue of the food raw material from the poultry, should still could be permitted because poultry meat meal (PMM) or feather meal experienced the processing that could turn off the virus," he said. Chairman Gabungan of the Company of Pembibitan Unggas Indonesia (GPPUI) Paulus Setiabudi said the ban on the import of the poultry will from the USA strike the sector of seedling cultivation in the country. Indonesia, he said, still was importing almost 1 million chickens indukan from the USA to produce DOC in the country. The ban on the import, also caused the chicken indukan that was in the trip could not be spent from the airport. The businessman urged the government to give the explanation as soon as possible so that this condition drags on and damages the sector of poultry livestock breeding in the country. Because of his impact not is felt now, but next year after not having the parent chicken, DOC then rare.

Rise terus The chicken breeder in Subang complained about the production cost that currently reached Rp12.000 per kilogram (kg) because of the price of the prospective chicken (day old chick/DOC) reached Rp3.600 per the tail and the price of food almost Rp5.000 per kg. Yayat, the plasma breeder of PT Primatama Karyapersada in the village of Boreas Subang, said the production cost continued to rise in one last week until exceeding the selling price of the living chicken. The "production cost now already Rp12.000 per kg meat." The prospective chicken rose still to Rp3.600 per the tail. Food also rose continued his price. In fact the price of the chicken did not take part in rising, he complained to Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono in the meeting with the poultry breeder's circle in Subang yesterday. Apart from Yayat, several other breeders who also were under the auspices also revealed the same thing. The breeder's circle asked the government to pacify corn supplies in the country in order to fulfil the food raw material so as to not depend on import corn that currently has reached US$420 per ton.

http://www.bisnis.com/servlet/page?...=2&ptopik=A29&cdate=11-JUL-2008&inw_id=612196

 

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 +

Re: General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 +

Excerpt:

Japan gave help of the alleviation fund of bird flu 1,78 billion yen
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Therefore, he said, Japan went through JICA gave this grant to maximise investigation of the animal illness especially bird flu so as to press the risk of the spreading and the mutation of this virus. Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono admitted the condition for the virus infection at this time tended to experience the decline. "This because now the hot season." We must be still being on the alert later if beginning the rain season. The virus will not develop, if hot like this. With help of the grant, he said, increased the health laboratory of the animal that just had seven units all over Indonesia to serve the related need in some regional. The area of the Indonesian area was not enough only with seven units of the animal of the health laboratory. However, to build him the government continued to have to pay attention to the scale of his priority. "Lest another thing that was more important was left," he said. BPPV just in Subang this eventually to serve the requirement for investigation and the testing of the health of the animal around West Java, Jakarta, and Banten that uptil now were served by BPPV Wates in Yogyakarta.

http://www.bisnis.com/servlet/page?...=2&ptopik=A29&cdate=11-JUL-2008&inw_id=612200