General Indonesian News - 27 September 2008 to 30 April 2009

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War against BIRD FLU: BECAUSE saturated inadvertent CAUTION AND Tired

Published on March 12 2009, 09:30
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Is the war against H5N1 has been completed with the victory we dipihak? Many experts predict that repeatedly influenza pandemic inevitable, but it is not known when, where starting, and by which the virus. In Indonesia are predicted to engulf millions of people the victims. A WHO expert said that only luck because we only pandemic influenza so far this does not happen. Until now, none of those who dare to claim that the H5N1 virus does not threaten again. What happens is, as indeed in the war, H5N1 seems to kecerdikannya continue to threaten and cause tensions but deliberately out overextend the attack, awaiting idleness target the longer the more saturated and tired waiting. Saturation and the physical and mental exhaustion are visible from day kehari. Entering the fourth year, the attention to the threat of pandemic influenza tends to decrease. Talks about social, political, economic, and security, health and the other is a more interesting rather than bird flu. Figures illness and death due to dengue fever dengue is much higher, as well as mortality due to tuberculosis is estimated at 300 people per day. Not due to food poisoning, poisoned gas, and natural disasters in various regions.

For the breeder, the death of birds due to bird flu tends to be only as a ditanggapi the beruntungan, similar to that caused by tetelo, and so forth.

Coverage in the mass media is also no longer be placed as head lines. Saturation and financial exhaustion also clearly visible, including the international flow of aid that does not sederas previous years.

Fatigue in different areas of this impact can be very serious because it can cause kesiap siagaan in idleness in the face the threat of bird flu. In addition, idleness can also occur due to kejumawaan and joke about the opponent, and the apathetic attitude and passivity. And Unfortunately, more and more people are apathetic attitude and shows no concern with the threat of pandemic influenza.Dalam "war" against the pandemic infeluenza, idleness can not be happening. Enemy that we face is clearly dangerous, because the individual can cause death in a short time, while the transmission can occur widely in a short time. We can not be a frontal attack and we must wait, but not the passive. We must continue to fight!

 

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On Wednesday, 11-03-2009
Peternakan Antisipasi services of Burung Flu MAROS, Upeks -- the bird flu Illness became the spectre for the community of the poultry breeder's farmer. Apart from being attacked to the poultry that could spread to humankind also could bring fatalities for the sufferer. The head of the Peternakan Dinas Perikanan Field, Kelautan and Kabupaten Maros Livestock Breeding, Ir Gumri Kasim was accompanied by his technical staff of Isdar to Upeks in his office on last Tuesday (10/3) admitted this bird flu illness was very dangerous for the poultry and humankind.

He said, two illnesses that often attacked the poultry simultaneously that is bird flu and totelo his characteristics same. So as to be difficult to be distinguished whichever the bird flu illness and whichever totelo. According to him, sometimes the bird flu illness it was thought totelo and on the other hand the illness totelo it was thought bird flu, because of his difference only if the illness of livestock bird flu that was attacked at once died, whereas the illness totelo could remain up until three days and could recover when fast received medical treatment in fact did not spread to humankind. The head of the Peternakan Dinas Perikanan Field, Kelautan and Kabupaten Maros Livestock Breeding, Ir Gumri Kasim that was the alumnus of the Unhas School Of Animal Husbandry explained, now the bird flu illness is other, because of usually the bird flu illness attacked the livestock that was not vaccinated, evidently now was the reverse the poultry that often received the vaccination that was easy to be attacked.
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"With the case emergence" of "bird flu that attacked easily the poultry that has been vaccinated, asked us to think the action what must be taken in overcoming the case" of "this bird flu that infected the poultry and spread to humankind," he accused. He added, the maintenance cost in the community member's hospital that is attacked by bird flu now still in funding of Provinsi Livestock Breeding of the Service. "However was striven for by us was from the preceptive side the emergency that was carried out by the Kesbang Body side and Linmas Kabupaten Maros," hoped he.

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Because Expensive the Government of the Production Personally the Bird Flu Vaccine

Health News Wed, 18 Mar 2009

The increase in the number of patients of the bird flu sufferer in Indonesia that was not matched by the number of bird flu vaccines that must in import from Japan, made the government initiating to produce personally the bird flu vaccine. These efforts were carried out by the government also to press the high price of the bird flu vaccine from the Japanese country.

According to RI Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari said in the near future the government will erect the building in the campus of Unair Surabaya as the centre for the production of the vaccine of the bird flu illness. ? at this time has begun the production of the bird flu vaccine. With developed site the virus to be known the number of mulberrys of the bird flu vaccine that would dibuat? he said.

Siti Fadilah Supari explained production efforts of the local vaccine for the bird flu sufferer were government efforts that at this time must receive the support of all the sides, because this was the first time Putra the nation made the flu vaccine burung? we must be proud of could make this vaccine kind. Because beforehand for the production of the bird flu vaccine always in the domination by Jepang? he continued. Technically, at this time has been developed site the vaccine (the cause) bird flu where from site this vaccine could be known by the method and the vaccine kind that will be made in accordance with the condition for the sufferer. ? was this vaccine was adapted to the condition for the sufferer. Compared with belonging to Japan this vaccine kind got along well with the Indonesia community" he added.

In the meantime, in his visit to East Java, RI Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari praised pemProv East Java that budgeted especially for the allocation of the fund of APBD East Java in 2009, for the handling of the flu sufferer burung? this ought to be copied by the area lain? he said. Moreover, the Health Minister praised the side of RSUD Dr. Soetomo was the only hospital that provided the special room for the sufferer of the bird flu illness. ? I the salute was the same East Java, for his care for the bird flu sufferer. Moreover will be heard by me from the East Java governor apart from RSUD Dr. Soetomo eventually the room of the bird flu sufferer will also be made all over the community health centre in East Java. This showed the East Java Provincial Government was indeed serious to wage war on the illness kind ini? he stated.

 

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Government Provide Rp200 Billion For Bird Flu Research

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19/03/09 17:54
Surabaya (ANTARA News) - The government provides funds Rp200 billion to finance various research on the disease bird flu (Avian Influenza / AI), as well as prevention efforts and protecting/controlling.

"Already the funds provided Rp200 billion per year for that. Help is also overseas, but we remain in control," said Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari after speaking international symposium on bird flu at the University of Airlangga (UNAIR) Surabaya, on Thursday.

He added that his side have a basic mechanism related to the provision of government funds and the use of foreign assistance funds to research bird flu disease.

"There is selection, the only quality approved. Research with assistance from abroad also have their own mechanism," he said.

Separately, Head of Research and Development of Health Department of Health Agus Purwadianto has explained his side have a plan of research on bird flu disease.

"It has been mapped based on the needs, the implementation is coordinated so that does not overlap," he said.

He explains, research on bird flu primarily focused on search techniques and detection diagnosis disease bird flu in humans and the development of bird flu vaccine for humans.

"The point of all that is required for the effort and prepandemik pandemic. For that there must be detection and diagnosis technique that quickly and accurately," he said.

He added that the government has begun research to develop bird flu vaccine production in humans.

"Research and development of vaccines done in the BSL-3 laboratory in the UNAIR and in Jakarta," he said.

According to him, there are currently three units with laboratory safety standards Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL-3), ie, in a laboratory owned UNAIR, University of Indonesia, and the Eijkman Institute Biomolekuler.

Laboratory BSL-3 Research and Development Agency Health Department of Health, he said, will also be completed and start operation this year.

"That's enough. Tinggal maintenance only, soalnya expensive maintenance costs," he said.

The four BSL-3 laboratory and several regional laboratories in the region are expected to support research activities on infectious diseases, especially bird flu disease.

"In the future, we are no longer left behind and could only follow, but can be parallel or step further from the other," said Minister of Health. (*)

 

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Avian Influenza Research Center (2) Use the monkey, the International Drag Attention

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Thursday, 19 March 2009

By: Reny Mardiningsih

For the purposes of research, Avian Influenza Research Center using a monkey, chicken, mouse and Ferret (a kind of civet cat, Red.) As the experimental animal. Rat was selected because the animals have a normal one so this animal experiment. Chicken taken because bird flu-related research. While monkeys and Ferret characteristics selected as most relevant people.

The use of mice, chickens and Ferret as experimental animals do not have a problem because the lab-lab most others also use it. But once the monkey, the reaction appears. Moreover, the bird flu lab at the Campus C Unair Primate using this in a number of quite large.

Meanwhile, the new bird flu lab has four containers that each contain two monkey cage. In each enclosure can be filled with a monkey or two, depending on the needs of research. So, if counted, the monkeys required more than 10 head. That is if there is no additional enclosure.

"We have 20 stalls inginnya monkeys here. But help is coming down because the new container 4, so we receive. If there is an opportunity to get a pen, we will take, "said Chairman of the Laboratory of Avian Flu Tropical Disease Center (TDC), Dr CA Nidom, drh, MS, who also led the Avian Influenza Research Center.

Too much monkey used to make automatic Avian Influenza Research Center of attention from the international world. Animal protection agencies will clearly have a voice if a large-scale exploitation in the use of monkeys as experimental animals. Especially abroad, lab-lab research rarely utilizes guard because of the price per ekornya expensive, pemakaiannya also limited.

"Attention on the biggest job we will use is to the monkey. Therefore, we must be careful, "said Nidom.

To avoid protests and criticism from the activists, and all the staff Nidom researchers mengantongi license from Kyoto Primate Center. License give permission to the use of monkeys as the object of research animals.

However, there is the positive use of the guard in bird flu lab. Researchers from abroad definitely interested in doing research on Avian Influenza Research Center due Primate used. Abroad, researchers can not freely use monkeys as much as possible for research purposes. The price of a very expensive monkey.

In Japan, the price of one monkey tails reach Rp 10 million. In the U.S. much more expensive. The State of Wisconsin, the price can be up to Rp 180 million per head. Meanwhile in Indonesia, the price of Rp 2-3 million, a monkey can take home.

Nidom sure will be many researchers from abroad to come to Avian Influenza Research Center to take advantage of the primates that are as experimental animals. This is so the opportunity for Indonesian researchers to gain or share knowledge with them.

"Clearly there are a lot of knowledge that can we can from them. Either with the direct learning through exchange opinions or "steal" without them, "said Nidom.

In addition, Pamor Indonesia in international eyes will also be picked up. The Avian Influenza Research Center to sit in line with other lab-lab in the world. Lab results of bird flu cooperation the Ministry of Health and Unair this does not make Indonesia more inferior in the international eye.

"With the existing equipment and the number of foreign researchers who came, not only the name Unair the exposure in the international world, but also Indonesia. This is clearly improving Pamor Indonesia. We are so flush with researchers from other countries who may be more advanced, "said Nidom.

According to Nidom, many researchers from outside of a mengantre to participate can take advantage of Avian Influenza Research Center as a research site. One of the Universiti Sains Malaysia recently made visits to Unair. The position of an independent lab and not under the wing TDC or create FKH Avian Influenza Research Center researchers receive free the country from which you want to do any research in this lab.

"Avian Influenza Research Center not only shows the seriousness in handling the cases of Indonesia bird flu. But also the bargaining position in Indonesia before the other countries. Besides Malaysia, the researchers from Japan also plans participate utilize this lab, "Nidom demolished.

 

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Use Reserves All Beat Livelihood

On Saturday, March 21 2009
Impact Pandemic Bird Flu in middle Citizens

Several inhabitants of a village raged, because in several of their last weeks did not have economic access. The social life and economics in the village were paralysed, including the world of tourism and art that became the income mainstay of the government and the community. The piece of the film that was turned to the workshop berteme the "Simulation" of the "Pandemi Influenza response", that was spread out in the Batu City not yet for a long time, has shown the impact of the bird flu pandemic in an area that caused the social disorder. The film said that bird flu if has been the status of the pandemic, only did not have an impact on the problem of the health, but also in non-the health.

The activity that was spread out by the Service of Kesehatan East Java by being supported by Unicef, Komnas Pengendalian of Bird Flu and Menghadapi Pandemi Influenza Preparedness (FBPI) that, was followed by the envoy and private enterprise of the government agency.

In the simulation, participants who consisted of the element of the government and private enterprise was divided into several groups in accordance with his task field to identify various possibilities if East Java to exist in the condition for the bird flu pandemic.

In the presentation of the transport group, the telecommunications and tourism that were presented by Endah showed, an area will be chaotic because all the sectors were affected by his impact. "Economic access was disrupted because of the restriction" on the "social interaction happening, the restriction" on the "distribution" of the "thing, and the service as well as the disturbance" of the "business world," Endah words. If the bird flu pandemic happening, then the government will restrict the community in order to not go out of the house so as to not have the activity of economics. Moreover if the area must be isolated, then will not be food supplies from outside.

"In the situation like that, the situation will happen was uncertain in the community." The community will fight for the foodstuff so as to have to involve Republic of Indonesia State Police and TNI apparatus, said Hendy, from the speaker's group with the theme of the defence and the security. Therefore, he said, in the situation like that, needed the existence of efficiency in all the fields, including the utilisation of the foodstuff outside the rice to guarantee continue to the fulfilment of the requirement for the community's food. Vice Chairman Pelaksana Harian FBPI, Emil Agustiono, also proposed that the bird flu pandemic was indeed very influential in various aspects. "All of the community's services will be paralysed." Nevertheless, we were not possible to be able to overcome 100 percent impact, but we could reduce his impact, he said.

The deputy the Kesra Co-ordinating Minister, suggested that in handling this problem needed the co-ordination that was good from all the available sides in an affected area the bird flu pandemic. Therefore, according to him, at this time was very urgent to be formed by the FBPI regional committee so that if the bird flu pandemic happening immediately could be taken by the step that spread everywhere by involving all the components in various sectors of the government, private enterprise, and the community.

He suggested, because the deadly virus came from the poultry, then the regional government preferably made the regional regulation about poultry breeding. Through the Regional Regulations could be arranged by the poultry traffic that went out entered his area. "With the Regional Regulations existence could be arranged so that the poultry that was sent to the other area really free from the illness, including the poultry that entered his area," he said.

Moreover, he said, also must be prevented so that the poultry does not leave an area beyond the port was unofficial. If through the port was unofficial, then the poultry that contained the illness will not be monitored. "Indeed was not easy to make the Regional Regulations because of must have the agreement between the government and the people through his delegation in DPRD," he said.

About the simulation workshop of the handling of this influenza pandemic, said Emil, that was one of the efforts to ask all the elements of the community in order to be on the alert faced the possibility of the bird flu pandemic. Moreover, he said, the cycle of the bird flu pandemic happened between 20 and 40 years. In accordance with the note, the influenza pandemic the first time happened the year 1918-1919 by the name of Spanish flu that caused the death 40 million as far as 50 million people.

Afterwards, 37 years afterwards emerged Asian flu, that is during 1957 that claimed fatalities of two million until four million people and afterwards Hong Kongese flu emerged 1968 with casualties 1 million people. By seeing the pandemic cycle, then did not close the possibility of the pandemic of happening in these years. "To readiness this, Komnas FBPI will carry out the skills exercise comprehensively to deal with the spread" of "inter-island bird flu in East Java with involved TNI Al, TNI AD, Dinas Kesehatan and other in May 2009 in Surabaya and the Madura Strait," he said. While Unicef Perwakilan East Java and NTB also placed the interest in handling efforts if the bird flu pandemic in East Java by carrying out the socialisation and the simulation happening.

The "socialisation activity and the simulation this 2009 we budget for around 300 thousand US dollar in order to protects children from the danger of the influenza virus," Delegation's headword of Unicef Perwakilan East Java and NTB, Sinung D. Kristanto. According to him, last year his side also held the simulation activity by the fund that hamir same. The area that became the focus of attention was Tulungagung, Kabupaten and Kediri as well as the Regency and the Mojokerto City. "This has because of the five areas had the case" of "bird flu that fell on humankind." We gave the training to teachers, the organisation of the woman but also involved the artist, namely Kartolo that was asked to make the 'aphorism' (the Javanese language song) with the message of influenza of the problem, he said.

He proposed, his side gave attention in the problem because the community's Indonesian culture still often was leaving children playful with the poultry without having the protection. "We informed so that children avoid the poultry and always wash the hands with soap." We also reported that the soapy water could be made the material to clean the poultry pen, he said. Moreover, he said, the data showed that from 119 bird flu sufferers in Indonesia that died, 60 to 70 percent him was children. "Since 2005, the case" of "bird flu in Indonesia totalling 145 cases and that died 119 people," he said. (fay,an)

 

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SUMMARY The Draft REGIONAL GOVERNMENT WORK PLAN (RKPD) WEST JAVA PROVINCE YEAR 2010
Published on March 23 2009, 10:05
SUMMARY The Draft REGIONAL GOVERNMENT WORK PLAN (RKPD)
WEST JAVA PROVINCE YEAR 2010
INTRODUCTION
RKPD preparation of West Java Province was conducted based on the Local Regulation No. 2 Year 2009 on the Medium Term Development Plan (RPJM) Regional West Java Province in 2008-2013 that include public policy and the direction of regional development policy during the year, is expected to create certainty of policy, because Local Government is a commitment that must be implemented consistently. RPJM Regional West Java Province in 2008-2013 is the second phase of the implementation of Regional RPJP West Java Province in 2005-2025, or known as the Preparation Phase Independence Society.
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Ninth, distribution and intensity of disease. Life expectancy figures (AHH) in the New Year 2007 reached 67.58 years, this is due to the high Maternal Mortality Figures (AKI) of 228 per 100,000 live births and deaths Figures Baby (akb) of 46 per 1,000 Live births. In addition, cases are still found and the disease is not infectious, such as the DBD with the case as many as 231 people died, TB suspek some 176,582 people with a positive BTA some 21,092 TB patients and the total number of 41,320 people with 80% recovery (2008), AIDS cases in West Java as many as 2562 people, and there are 1554 people living with HIV positive, the number of people with bird flu as much as 225 people in 2007 (as of May 2), there were 46 people who died. Meanwhile, poor nutrition status of under five in West Java the 2% that terkategorikan high.
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Dutch journalists arrested

In the Indonesian province of Papua Tuesday four Dutch journalists arrested. They
were arrested while they did report a demonstration which called for
independence. The World is a reporter for NRC Handelsblad and three
freelancers. According to the Indonesian authorities, the Dutch seized because they
immigration rules were violated and without consent to the filming were
provincial capital Jayapura.

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Jembrana Regent Winasa treated at Sanglah Hospital

Tue, 03/24/2009 12:56 PM | Bali

DENPASAR: Jembrana Regent I Gede Winasa has been treated at Sanglah General Hospital in Denpasar since Sunday for clinical symptoms of flu and fever.

Doctors treating him have yet to announce what kind of illness Winasa has. The regent is implicated in a graft case over the procurement of garbage processing machines.

"The team of doctors has yet to make a conclusion. The clinical symptoms are flu and fever," hospital spokesman I.G.N. Putra Wibawa said Monday.

He also evaded questions on whether Winasa was hospitalized for dengue fever.

"Let's wait for the results tomorrow *Tuesday*," Putra said.

Winasa is a popular regent, thanks to his free education and health insurance programs.

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Latest news is the journalists are released.

Dutch Journalists Detained For Covering Papuan Demonstration

Indonesian authorities in Papua Province on Tuesday detained four Dutch journalists for reporting on a pro-independence demonstration in the provincial capital Jayapura, a journalist association said.

In a news release, the Independent Alliance of Journalists, or AJI, said that the four were arrested by immigration officials in Jayapura.

Agus Rianto, spokesman for the Jayapura Police, refused to comment on the incident, but the DPA quoted the Dutch international radio Wereldomroep as confirming that the incident involved three of its freelancers and a correspondent for the leading Dutch daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

The journalists had been covering the return of one of the founders of the rebel Free Papua Movement, or OPM, Nicolaas Jouwe, after more than 40 years in exile. His return has sparked renewed tensions in the troubled province, which is normally closed to reporters.

AJI demanded that the journalists be freed, with its chairman, Nezar Patria, calling the arrests ?a form of violation of the work of journalists,? saying ?the journalists? right to information should be respected.?

It is understood that the journalists had been covering a demonstration without the required permit on Monday and were detained for questioning at Sentani Airport before they were due to fly out of the province.

AFP reported that local immigration official Raden Hendiartono said authorities had not yet decided whether to charge or deport the two male and two
female journalists.

Jouwe, the last surviving OPM founder, arrived in Indonesia from exile in the Netherlands last week at the invitation of Jakarta for talks aimed at reaching a peaceful solution for Papua, but failed to renounce calls for independence, identifying Indonesia as Papua?s ?neighbor.?

Meanwhile, hundreds of indigenous Papuans in Jayapura held a rally calling for a referendum for independence. Carrying banners reading ?election no, referendum yes,? ?stop the genocide of Melanesians,? the protestors made their way to the Papua Legislative Council.

The rally ended peacefully after protestor representatives met with legislative leaders.

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Source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/5/apworld/20090405082650&sec=apworld

Published: Sunday April 5, 2009 MYT 8:26:00 AM
Thousands flock to child 'healer' in Indonesia

BALONGSARI, Indonesia (AP) - Ponari was just like any other kid in Indonesia until he was struck by lightning. When he awoke, the story goes, he found a gray stone on his head with magical 'healing' powers.

Soon tens of thousands of people were lining up under the blazing sun for hours, sometimes days. They carried cups, plastic bags or buckets of water, waiting for the 9-year-old shaman to dip in his rock to transform the water into a cure-all potion.

"I've tried going to hospitals, but it's always horrible," said Mohammad Anas, a 65-year-old with high blood pressure. "It was expensive, I was sent from one department to the next, waiting in long lines, filling out papers, and in the end, I still was sick ... I'd much rather take my chances here."

The interest in Ponari reflects the longtime popularity of shamans in Indonesia, where Hindu, Buddhist and animist beliefs and traditions held sway long before 14th-century traders brought Islam. But it also seems to suggest that some people, like Anas, have all but given up on the long-neglected health care system in this sprawling nation of 235 million people.

Chronic funding shortages and chaotic decentralization efforts have forced many local clinics in the poorest parts of the country to scale back operations in recent years, reducing the time and money spent on community outreach, education and routine immunization.

The result: skyrocketing cases of measles, tuberculosis and other preventable diseases and often too-late diagnoses of illnesses such as high blood pressure, stroke and cancer.

"The government doesn't spend near what it should," said Zuber Safawi, a lawmaker who oversees parliament's health commission, noting that only 1.1 percent of the country's gross domestic product goes to health. "It shows a real lack of political will."

Few if any can recall quite so much hysteria around a single healer, much less one as young as Ponari. The boy is exhausted and can barely hold up his head as he rides piggyback on one man, while another dips his hand into containers of water.

The lines of people waiting to see him stretch for miles (kilometers), and he has brought more than $500,000 into the economy of the desperately poor village of Balongsari. It costs 50 cents to see the boy shaman, and many people donate more money.

So eager are people to see Ponari that four died in a crush in February to reach him, temporarily forcing police to shut down his practice. It reopened last month, despite objections by the boy's father. Villagers punched the father in the face after he complained the third-grader was being exploited and belonged in school, playing with his friends.

"This is a hassle, sure," said Sudarmanto, a 45-year-old diabetic patient, as he jostled with the crowds to see Ponari, rent a room from villagers and find a place to park his car. "It's still cheaper and better than going to the hospital."

Another diabetes patient, Suyatman, 60, traveled 160 miles (257 kilometers) to see the boy shaman.

"I just don't trust state clinics," he said. Another woman nodded, smiling as she held up her ticket with her number in line - 4,138 - written in pen on a purple square of paper.

They, like others, said they were at first excited about a program introduced several years ago to provide free medical insurance to the country's most vulnerable. But they quickly became frustrated with the reams of paperwork and long waits, the result of so many people flocking to the hospitals for affordable care.

The plan, criticized as poorly enforced, also put a burden on the state. Some hospitals had to wait seven months before their bills were reimbursed. In many cases, patients with the free insurance cards said they were afraid that disgruntled doctors wouldn't give them the same time or attention as those who paid upfront.

Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari insists Ponari's case says nothing about the state of the country's health system.

"This is about desperate people looking for miracles," she said in a telephone text message. "As soon as they realize they won't get those miracles, the phenomenon will be over."-AP

 

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Followed the National Workshop the Simulation of the response of the influenza Pandemic in Rantepao (the Part 1)

07 April 2009 09:40:52

1918, Spanish Flu caused 40 as far as 50 Million people to be killed To increase preparedness towards the occurrence of the Influenza Pandemic, recently was spread out the Nasional Simulasi Workshop of the Pandemi Influenza response in Rantepao, Kabupaten Toraja Utara, Provinsi South Sulawesi. What of Pandemi Influenza and Pernahkah happened in Indonesia?

The report: Yonathan, Toraja Utara the History recorded, the influenza Pandemic had happened in the world totalling 3 times that is Spanish Flu or Spanish Flu that was caused by the virus H1N1 in 1918, Asian Flu that as a result of by H2N2 during 1957 and Hong Kong Flu that was caused by the Virus H3N2 in 1968. The Influenza pandemic that happened 1918 it was estimated caused approximately 40 as far as 50 million people to die. The influenza pandemic was still threatening the world, moreover by spreading him the plague of Bird Flu that was caused by the virus H5N1. What the Influneza Pandemic? The co-ordinator the Surveilans Field and Monitoring, Komisi Nasional (Komnas) the Control of Bird Flu and Menghadapi Pandemi Influenza Preparedness (FBPI), Dr.drh.Heru Setijanto said, the pandemic was an epidemic (the illness that increased sharply outside from the normal incident) that happened in the wide territory, or happened all over the world.

The Influenza pandemic that was caused by Spanish Flu according to Setijanto also had stricken Indonesia in the Dutch colonisation period and in the period 1911 till 1939 diperkirakaan 250,000 people died because of the virus H1N1 this. "This Spanish flu also it was estimated struck Toraja at the time that by the community was known by the name of felt Bia," said Setijanto to the Pos Bird Of Paradise after giving material to the Nasional Simulasi Workshop of the Pandemi Influenza response in the Misiliana Rantepao Hotel, Kabupaten Toraja Utara, Provinsi South Sulawesi. Said, the condition for the occurrence of the pandemic that is the emergence of a sub-type of the new influenza virus that could infect humankind. This new virus could cause the serious illness in humankind and was easy to spread from humankind to humankind.

Spread him the case of Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) that was caused by the virus H5N5 that his spreading entered the third phase (the spread from the poultry to humankind) was a threat. "If this was not handled seriously by all the components, then could cause the occurrence pandemi,"tambah him." It was related that this threat, Unicef co-operated the Nasional Commission (Komnas) the Control of Bird Flu and Menghadapi Pandemi Influenza Preparedness (FBPI) and the Canada Government held the Nasional Simulasi Workshop of the Pandemi Influenza response in the Misiliana Rantepao Hotel, Kabupaten Toraja Utara, Provinsi South Sulawesi, that took place 2 till April 4 2009.

In the activity that joined by medical participants from the Papua Province, Papua Barat, the Moluccas and South Sulawesi, apart from sending the reporter the Pos Bird Of Paradise, Unicef Perwakilan of the Papua Province also sent 4 other participants that is, Kompol Yulianus Bwariat from Regional Police Papua, Benyamin Tan Imbiri, SH, from the Perhubungan Provinsi Papua Service, Yakomina Imbiri from the Bureau of Empowerment of the Woman the Papua Province and Abdul M. Petonengan, SE from PDAM Jayapura. How when this pandemic happened, what must be done?

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: General Indonesian News - 27 September 2008 +

Re: General Indonesian News - 27 September 2008 +

[WARNING: Google Raw Machine Translation from Indonesian to English. To see original article, follow this link: http://metrotvnews.com/tberita.php?metro=berita&id=80792 - EDITED.]


Headline News / Metropolitan / Thursday, 16 April 2009 13:10 WIB

Metrotvnews.com, Jakarta:

The Animal Husbandry Officer Jakarta, today, sweeping the area in a number of Matraman. This step is done to anticipate the spread of bird flu virus. This action was colored tension between officers and citizens who refused to be confiscated and their poultry disembelih.

Sudin Peternakan Jaktim officials finally gave the tolerance of birds to be stable with good.

Tens of poultry suspected of exposure to bird flu virus, the officers arrested and disembelih.

According to officials, this step is quite effective because of the operation directly to the target.

Sweeping with the arrest this slaughter and are in accordance with the Jakarta Regional Regulation Number 4 of 2007 Prevention of Bird Flu Virus Distribution. (DSY)

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Headline News / Metropolitan / Kamis, 16 April 2009 13:10 WIB


Metrotvnews.com, Jakarta: Petugas Suku Dinas Peternakan Jakarta Timur, hari ini, menggelar sweeping di sejumlah kawasan Matraman. Langkah ini dilakukan untuk mengantisipasi penyebaran virus flu burung. Aksi ini sempat diwarnai ketegangan antara petugas dan warga yang menolak unggas mereka disita dan disembelih.

Petugas Sudin Peternakan Jaktim akhirnya memberi toleransi kepada warga agar mengandangkan unggas dengan baik. Puluhan unggas yang diduga terpapar virus flu burung, tetap ditangkap dan disembelih petugas. Menurut petugas, langkah ini cukup efektif karena operasi langsung ke sasaran. Sweeping dengan cara penangkapan dan penyembelihan ini sudah sesuai dengan Peraturan Daerah Jakarta Nomor 4 tahun 2007 tentang Pencegahan Penyebaran Virus Flu Burung.(DSY)

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - 27 September 2008 +

Re: General Indonesian News - 27 September 2008 +

Dep of Health ordered all dedicated bird flu hospitals to prepare for treating swine flu patients. Protocol more or less the same as for bird flu.

A lot of reports in the Indonesian press on "flu babi" , pig flu.

Dr Nidom was interviewed:

Dr CA Nidom, Head of Avian Influenza Laboratory Airlangga University (UNAIR) said pig flu is combination of certain viruses in pig's body.

This is categorized as weak virus, but it's possible to mutate to deadly strain when mixed.

In general, bird flu is more dangerous compared to pig flu. But pig flu may able to cause fatality since it has been infecting humans.

Nidom said, according to their study until now there is no local pig in Indonesia that has Mexico pig flu strain. Pig flu also can be treated with Tamiflu, a bird flu drug.

His laboratory in UNAIR will keep studying the spreading of this virus.

http://kelanakota.suarasurabaya.net/?id=5e5a68d5932dea8a5872663acd254540200964502

 

[Laidback Al]

Re: General Indonesian News - 27 September 2008 to 30 April 2009

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