General Indonesian News - November 24 - Dec 2007

[HenryN]

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TT is out here, from the "Review" meeting on Bird Flu:


Penyebaran Virus Flu Burung di Riau Sudah Meluas

Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:42

Laporan Suprapto redaksi@riautoday.com

PEKANBARU--Penyebaran virus flu burung sudah meluas di Riau dan sudah menjadi ancaman karena menjangkiti unggas peliharaan. Virus Avian Influenza (AI) sudah meluas ke tingkat sektor 4 karena itu diperlukan kebijakan dan komitmen dari semua pihak untuk mengandalikan AI di Riau.

Demikian hasil kesimpulan review flu burung yang disampaikan Kasubdin Pelayanan Kesehatan dan Gizi Dinas Kesehatan Provinsi Riau Burhanuddin Agung kepada riautoday.com Kamis (29/11). Review ini difasilitasi WHO Indonesia dan Departemen Kesehatan RI selama dua hari 27-28 November 2007 di Hotel Pangeran, Pekanbaru.


Dalam review tersebut juga mengungkapkan penyebaran AI pada unggas di Riau sudah mencakup seluruh (11) Kabupaten/kota, 58 kecamatan, 133 desa/kelurahan dengan jumlah kasus kematian unggas sejak 2005 mencapai 47.770 ekor. Penyebaran itu disebabkan oleh tingginya lalu lintas ternak unggas dan limbah dari unggas antar kabupaten/kota dan provinsi.


"Dengan kondisi ini diperlukan tenaga medis dan paramedis veteriner yang terampil dalam jumlah yang memadai baik di laboratorium, lapangan maupun di puskeswan," ungkap Burhanuddin.


Dikatakan, hasil rumusan terdapat 16 butir poin rekomendasi yang ditujukan kepada para pengambil keputusan baik ditingkat pusat maupun daerah. Rekomendasi menerangkan perlunya komitmen pemerintah dan masyarakat dalam penanggulangan flu burung, perlunya upaya mempercepat terbitnya Peraturan Daerah (Perda) tentang pencegahan dan penanggulangan AI di Riau.


Selain itu, pemerintah daerah bersama Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan (Balitbangkes) Depkes RI harus bekerjasama dalam mempercepat berfungsinya laboratorium kesehatan daerah (labkesda) untuk pemeriksaan spesimen pasien H5N1. (hnr)

http://www.riautoday.com/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3864&Itemid=1

Pekanbaru -- the Spreading of the bird flu virus has spread in Riau and has become the threat because of infecting the kept poultry.

The Avian Influenza virus (AI) has spread to the level of the sector 4 because that was needed by the policy and the commitment from all the sides to mengandalikan AI in Riau.n

Was like this results of the conclusion review bird flu that was sent by Kasubdin Pelayanan Kesehatan and the Dinas Kesehatan Nutrient of the Province Riau Burhanuddin Agung to riautoday.com on Thursday (29/11).

Review this was facilitated WHO Indonesia and the Department of the RI Health for two days on November 27-28 2007 in Prince's Hotel, Pekanbaru. In review this also said the AI spreading to the poultry in Riau has included all (11) the Regency/the city, 58 subdistricts, 133 villages/the district with the number of cases of the death of the poultry since 2005 reached 47,770 tails.

The spreading was caused by the height of the poultry traffic and the waste from the poultry between the regency/the city and the province. "With this condition was needed by the medical staff and the paramedic veteriner that was skilled in the adequate number both in the laboratory, the field and in puskeswan," said Burhanuddin.

Said, results of the formulation were received 16 items of the recommendation point that was aimed at the good decision-makers were increased by by the centre and the area.

The recommendation explained the need of the government commitment and the community in the control of bird flu, the need of efforts to speed up the appearance of the Daerah Regulation (Regional Regulations) about the prevention and the AI control in Riau.

Moreover, the regional government with the Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Body (Balitbangkes) Department of Health RI must co-operate in speeding up the functioning of the area of the health laboratory (labkesda) for the inspection of the patient's specimen H5N1.(hnr)
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[HenryN]

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More from Riau here:

http://www.riauterkini.com/sosial.php?arr=16744

The spreading of the Bird Flu Virus in Riau Threaten the Breeding Poultry

Review Bird Flu that was facilitated by WHO produced the conclusion, that the spreading of the virus H5N1 has become threat serious, because of infecting the kept poultry.

Riauterkini-Pekanbaru- results of the formulation and the recommendation review bird flu in Riauyang took place for two days (on November 27-28), said enyebaran the virus of Avian Influenza (AI) in Riau has spread to the level of the sector 4 or backyard farm (the kept poultry).

So, was needed by the policy and the commitment from all the sides in the AI control in Riau.

Review bird flu that was held the Kesehatan Body of the World (WHO) with the Department of the RI Health same said the AI spreading to the poultry in Riau has included all (11) the Regency/the city, 58 subdistricts, 133 villages/the district with the number of cases of the death of the poultry since 2005 reached 47,770 tails.

The spreading was caused by the height of the poultry traffic and the waste from the poultry between the regency/the city and the province.

The "AI spreading included the very wide territory, so as in carry out survailans and investigation of the bird flu illness was needed by the medical staff and the paramedic veteriner that was skilled in the adequate number both in the laboratory, the field and in puskeswan, the" headword "of" Sub" Dinas (Kasubdin) the Kesehatan Service and the Dinas Kesehatan Nutrient of the Province Riau Burhanuddin Agung to the reporter after the issuing of the results recommendation review Riau bird flu in the Hotel Prince Pekanbaru, on Wednesday (8/11).

He explained, in results of the formulation was agreed to 16 items of the further recommendation point were aimed at the good decision-makers was increased by by the centre and the area.

The core of the results recommendation review together that gazed at the need of the government commitment and the community in the control of bird flu.

Nearby same needed efforts to speed up the appearance of the Daerah Regulation (Regional Regulations) about the prevention and the AI control in Riau.

"Results" of the "recommendation also stressed the need" of the "increase survailans and the AI control action to the location backyard farm," he said.

Moreover, the regional government with the Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Health Body (Balitbangkes) Department of Health RI must co-operate in speeding up the functioning of the area of the health laboratory (labkesda) for the inspection of the patient's specimen H5N1.

The most "united socialisation about the flu danger.

 

[HenryN]

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More from Riau here:

http://www.riauterkini.com/sosial.php?arr=16748

Health Service Riau Forms the Team Trace Fast Bird Flu

Various steps were carried out to prevent the spreading of the bird flu virus, one of them with the formation of the Lacak Cepat Flu Burung Team by the Service of Peternakan Riau.

Riauterkini-Pekanbaru-Dinas Peternakan (Disnak) the Riau Province co-operated with FAO and the Department of Agriculture will form the team of the illness tracker and the fast response (Participatory Disease Survelance and the Response/PDSR) bird flu.

Further, this team could it was hoped help in the matter surveillance and the early detection avian influenza (AI) in Riau.

The "aim" of the "development" of "this team was to develop the system capacity surveilans and the fast response the illness in the level" of the "province and the regency, the" headword "of" Sub" Dinas (Kasubdin) the Health of the Animal of Disnak Riau Rondang Nayati in Pekanbaru, yesterday (29/11).

Explained by Rondang, the application of the formation program of this team will be formed beginning with the level of the centre up to the level of the field.

In the local level, he continued, the PDSR team was supervised by the Pengendali Unit co-ordination of the Illness (UPP) AI Provinsi (Local Disease Control Center/LDCC). "Up to now has been formed 12 LDCC in 9 provinces."

As the program follow-up, went through FAO and the fund from USAID, then was planned in 2008 has been formed by LDCC and PDSR in each Regency/the city in the Riau Province and the Riau Island, explained Rondang.

As the beginning stage, added Rondang, his side with FAO and the Department of Agriculture spread out local government workshop (LGWS) on November 27-29 2007 along with the activity review Riau bird flu that was facilitated by the Kesehatan Body of the World (WHO).

In the training, FAO will give prevention material and the effective AI control to the poultry. The "PDSR team must work in a manner close to the community." Because of that was needed by the technical command about the control of bird flu, he said.

Had been based on the data of Disnak Riau, since being found in 2005 then, till at this time the AI spreading to the poultry in the Riau Province has included 11 regencies/the city, 58 subdistricts, and 133 villages/the district with the number of cases of the death of the poultry reached 47,770 tails.

The spreading was in part caused by the height of the poultry traffic, the product and the waste from the poultry between the regency/the city and the province.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Thanks!

 

[HenryN]

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Thanks!

I think TT is working, but the original Indonesian site is slow.

I went to the original site that you linked and copied the Indonesian text and pasted it into the TT translation box and it was quickly translated.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Official numbers of bird flu in poultry dropped. However Bird Flu found in more regencies.


FAO Concerned about Kasus of Bird Flu in Central Java

Semarang, CyberNews.

The organisation of Food and UN Agriculture (FAO) was interested big in the case of bird flu in Central Java.

His article the area that became the epicentre of bird flu spread in 27 regencies/the city.

The number increased from 2006, that was recorded by the affected area infectious diseases because of the poultry only in 21 areas.

Departed from so, co-operated Officially Peternakan (Disnak) Central Java that beforehand formed Participatory Disease Searching (PDS/the team of the tracker) and Participatory Disease Respons (PDR/the team perespon), FAO trained the team's members in order to prevents the spreading of bird flu.

The head of Disnak Central Java Ir Kusmaningsih Solichedi said the aim of the training so that the team could analyse, respond and report the data epidemologi partisipatif. They would fast carried out the action.

Beside the purposeful training to increase knowledge about the control and the control of bird flu, said he, on Tuesday.

The training that was carried out while four days on November 26-30, apart from giving of material also were carried out by the practice in the field that was guided directly by Training Spesialist FAO Mr Aluma Araba Ameri DVM. Location of the practice of being in the Tipe B Laboratory, Surakarta.

In the exercise, the team did decontamination kit, handling the chicken, the vaccination method, the taking method of the blood serum, the taking swab, culling, and deposal.

Without being supported by readiness, seriousness and the official's capacity PDS/PDR, the control of bird flu will not be successful, said he who named the number of officials who was trained from Central Java numbering 270 people from 1,400 officials from all over Indonesia.

For Central Java had two Local Disease Control Center units (LDCC) in Semarang and Purwokerto.

The formation of the two units was at once facilitated by the Department of Agriculture and FAO.

The case of the death of the poultry resulting from bird flu in Central Java in 2007 was recorded 46,546 tails.

In 2006 the case of the death of the poultry was in 21 city regencies with the number 665,355 tails.

Now in 2005, the number of deaths reached 203,676 tails in 19 city regencies and in the period 2003-2004 poultries in 28 areas with the poultry that died reached 4,029 million tails.

http://www.suaramerdeka.com/cybernews/harian/0712/04/dar18.htm

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Other species near chickens positive for bird flu, tested negative;

A-symptomatic chickens positive for bird flu found;

Risk of " genetic viral marriage";

Free roaming chickens are the potential vectors transmitting bird flu

Bird Flu endemic in poultry in this case study in Surabaya


On Friday, Des's 07 2007,

Team of the School Of Veterinary Medicine Unair revealed results of the Bird Flu Research

There is a big potential that wild poultry that is not penned is/will be infected and can transmit the spread of H5N1 virus, the instigator of the disease of bird flu. That was known from the result of the research that was done by a team of doctors of the faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) at the University of Unair that released it yesterday Dec 6.

The research that was begun in April took place in six regencies/citiesmore all in East Java, namely Surabaya, Ngawi, Banyuwangi, Tulungagung, Pasuruan, and Blitar. The animals that blood samples were checked on were the duck, the goose, the dove, turtle-dove birds, the chicken, the turkey, the pig, the rabbit, and the cat.

"We not only checked specific poultry but also animals that are around poultry that are positive for bird flu, said dr Suwarno MSI, one out of several researchers that carried out finding out the possibility of other animals becoming the intermediatery/expediter of the avian influenza virus", he continued.

The results of the research aforementioned will be investigated in a seminar with a topic of guarding against the avian influenza disease, DBD (dengue) and malaria at Ruang Penyuluhan for of II Tropical Disease Center ( TDC) Campus C Unair, Wenesday Dec. 12th

Especially in Surabaya, continued Suwarno, there were six districts that were made the sample of the research. That is, Mulyorejo, Jojoran, Karangmenjangan, Romokalisari, Gedang Asri, and the Sari Cape.

"The six territories were chosen because of several reasons." In part, they had many poultries that were not penned, he explained. This territory was also chosen on the Service reference of Peternakan East Java as well as the Perikanan Service, Kelautan, Peternakan, Pertanian, and Forestry (DPKPPK) of the Surabaya City.

Between six territories, in Karangmenjangan, Gedang Asri, and Romokalisari were found chickens positive for bird flu. This year three other territories in fact not including the region was infected by bird flu.

Based on the DPKPPK data, this year there were 13 positive territories with bird flu.That is, Kejawan Putih Tambak, Keputih, Balas Klumprik, Tanah Kali Kedinding, and ploughed Tunggal. Then, Tenggilis, Sambikerep, Pakis, Simokerto, Lidah Kulon, Sememi, Karang Tembok, and Pegirian.

From results of the inspection of the other animal's blood, none was proven to be the spreading intermediary of the bird flu virus. "Especially in Surabaya, only chickens were positive for bird flu." Especially those that were not penned, explained Suwarno.

One more matter that came to Suwarno's attention. That is, there was the poultry that was found positive bird flu but did not show the sign. "I found this phenomenon in one of the districts in Surabaya," he said.

That happened because of there being a genetic "marriage" between virus of bird flu ." Results of this "marriage" caused the severe new virus.

Suwarno explained, the bird flu virus was easy to be very much changed. When in one place there are two severe different virus , there was the possibility of happening the genetics "marriage". "This phenomenon that ought to be guarded against because detecting it was not easy," he added.

Although only six territories were researched, Suwarno be sure that the poultry in all the Surabaya territories susceptible were infected by bird flu. This condition, continued he, ought to be responded to by the community with full vigilance.

Especially in the rainy season because the condition for the humid land facilitated the spreading of the virus H5N1. "The "owner" of the "poultry must care for the health" of his poultry," he said. "When having wild poultry, they should) immediately be penned," he added.

http://www.jawapos.co.id/index.php?act=detail_c&id=316140

credits bgw in MT

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Same research, other report

Be careful, Virus AI Attacks Dogs

Friday, 07 December 2007

This new information for the resident who kept animals.

Apart from attacking the poultry and the pig, the dog animal then evidently could be infected by the virus H5N1 (the virus of Avian Influenza/AI) that caused the bird flu illness.

Was like this the findings Dr drh Suwarno MSi, the lecturer the School Of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) the Airlangga University (Unair) in the research that the implementation in the Tulungagung Regency and Blitar just recently.

In Tulungagung, Suwarno found one from five positive pigs antibodies and one positive pig of AI.

Whereas in Blitar he found one positive dog antibodies.

"Positively antibodies meaning that this animal had been infected by the virus of AI. But this virus died and made the animal immune if being infected by the AI virus again," obviously Suwarno, on Thursday (6/12). In fact, he continued, the two animals not divaksin.

All depended on relevant endurance of the animal body. When his body endurance was good, then the virus will die, conversely if not, the virus will attack his body.

The animal that was researched and infected that, according to Suwarno the possibility stepped on the waste or ate the positive AI.

Suwarno announce, in the research, he observed 914 animals that consisted of 12 species. Including the duck, the goose, the duck, the chicken, the rabbit, the cat, the dove, turtle-dove birds, dove birds, the turkey, the pig and the dog.

The animal that was researched that was what was suspected of being infected by AI because the location to exist.

This research was carried out in Surabaya, Ngawi, Tulungagung, Banyuwangi, Pasuruan and Blitar during December 2006-April 2007.

This area was researched because often the case of AI. Virus AI happened was found also to two from 115 chickens in Ngawi, as well as one from 116 chickens in Banyuwangi.

While the research was in Surabaya carried out to 11 ducks, one goose, eight ducks, 124 chickens, sati the tail of the rabbit, two cats, four doves, and four turtle-dove birds.

The region that was researched was around the FKH Unair campus, Kelurahan Jojoran, Karangmenjangan, Romo Kalisari, Gedangsari, Tanjungsari and Mulyorejo. This area was chosen because often was gotten by livestock breeding.

The nonpedigreed chicken that was most dangerous and potential spread the virus of AI. Because, the chicken was stabled and left wandering free "said Surwando.

According to the research Dr Dr Florentina Sustini Ms, still many communities that did not understand bird flu. However they began to be open if having the research or the vaccination to their poultry.

http://www.surya.co.id/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28484&Itemid=78

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[Gert van der Hoek]

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According to WHO Riau handles Bird Flu Seriously

On Monday, December 10 2007

Pekanbaru (RP) - The health Body of the WHO world considered Riau was very serious in handling Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu.

The number of cases suspect and the positive case of bird flu in Riau showed proof if the related agency worked seriously. WHO then promised to give an amount of help to Riau.

At this time the Service of Kesehatan Riau was compiling help what was hoped for from this WHO.

The head of public relations that also the head sub the service and the nutrient of the health service of Diskes Riau drg H Burhanuddin Agung said, WHO has said was ready to help Riau in administrating there penangan the case of AI.

Only was not yet known by specific help what will be given by WHO to Riau. The Health Service was asked to compile help that was needed that.

We received special help from WHO because they considered Riau was very serious in carrying out the handling of bird flu.

"The number of AI cases that was encountered showed that Riau worked in the handling of this AI case," he said.

According to WHO really was different from several other provinces in Indonesia where his official many that were waiting for this case.
After the case was available, just they acted carried out steps in anticipation.

Diskes (Health Service,ed) will personally aim this coming 2008 at all the Community Health Centre in Riau could have diagnosed whether someone that was expected by bird flu or not.

Therefore the fast action on the patient can be immediately carried out.
At this time in Riau just had three AI hospitals of the patient's reconciliation respectively in Pekanbaru, Dumai and the Indragiri Hilir Regencies.

http://www.riaupos.com/v2/content/view/196/50/

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Dr Nidom, in Antara News

The researcher: Be Careful Indonesia could Be Pandemik Bird Flu

Surabaya (Antara News) - Chairman Tim of the Researcher Avian Influenza (AI) from the Airlangga University (Unair) Surabaya, Dr drh Chairul A Nidom Ms, warned that Indonesia could become pandemik (the source of the plague of the illness) AI or Bird Flu in the world if the government immediately did not take the basic step prevented him.

Indonesia became the AI world champion with 115 people terjangkit the AI virus that 92 people among them died.

But the government did not yet carry out the step that was basic to block, he said to Antara News in Surabaya, on Wednesday.

In seminar gaps guarded against Penyakit Avian Influenza, Demam Berdarah Dengue, and Malaria in Tropical Disease Center (TDC) the campus of C Unair Surabaya, he raised Vietnam as the AI runner-up in the world of his only 46 residents who died.

Therefore, if the government did not carry out the basic step, certainly Indonesia could become pandemik AI in the world.

Moreover the Department of the Health (the Department of Health) and the Peternakan Service (Disnak) still blamed each other, he said stressed.

According to the lecturer the School Of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) Unair Surabaya, Department of Health-Disnak need not blame each other, but precisely must co-operate each other, because of casualties's majority AI that died indeed were connected with the chicken.

We have carried out the study in 274 AI viruses in Sumatra, West Java, Central Java, East Java-Bali, and Indonesian Timur.

From 274 viruses since 2003 to current, evidently had five genotypes namely A, B, C, C', and D, he said said.

He said, the A genotype began to be in Central Java during 2003, afterwards in 2004 has had the A genotype in Samarinda (East Kalimantan) and the B genotype began to be in Sumatra during 2004 as well as the C genotype began to be in Java during 2004.

In 2005 began to have the genotype C' in Java and North Sumatra.
The genotype C' was the development from the C genotype, whereas the D genotype was the meeting of the A genotype, C, and C'.

The D genotype began to be in 2006 in Papua and South Sumatra.

The C genotype, C', and D was dominant enough during 2007, he said.
That was startling, he said, 10 percent AI virus from Indonesia enabled the spread has happened human-to-human (Ind/CDC582/2006), but was difficult to trace the location of the virus.

The basic step that must be carried out by the government, he said, was the management of the poultry seriously and focussed the reduction in the poultry in RPH (the abattoir), not as it is now that enabled the chicken to be cut off in the market.

The management of the poultry must like that get the subsidy from the government because the community or the chicken trader was not possible to be able to pay the reduction in RPH, so as the selling price of the poultry in the market will continue to, he said.

He considered, divides the vaccine as it is now into parts not was the solution because the poultry stayed wandering everywhere.

That not the solution, but the project, he said in the seminar that also put forward the expert in dengue fever and malaria from Unair Surabaya.

The other basic step, he continued, was the government must carry out the management, so that all the poultry kinds are in the pen, good in the city and in the village. Possibly needed the pen subsidy, he said.

http://www.antara.co.id/arc/2007/12/12/peneliti-awas-indonesia-bisa-jadi-pandemik-flu-burung/

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Warning from West Sumatra

Note on ?Qurban? : Idul Qurban; after Haji ritual, Moslems should to butch (some of/one of) their cattle and share the meat for the poor people.

It is also called ?Slaughtering Day?, this year it will be on december 20.


The animal Qurban Susceptible the Illness, the Community was asked to be on the alert

Palembang - by the Idul Adha public holiday, the request of the livestock animal to qurban jumped sharply.

However, the buyers were asked to continue to guard against the health of the livestock animal because of being susceptible enough terjangkit the illness.

Yes, indeed this animal susceptible was attacked by the flu illness and very itchy, because not the original Palembang animal, said Abdus, the trader of casualties's animal in Street KH Wahid Hasyim, the District 3/4 the upstream, Palembang, on Sunday (16/12/2007).

In another place, Sunaryo, the trader in the Kertapati Market even acknowledged that several animals qurban his merchandise began to be affected flu.

If continuing to be left alone would be able to the danger, in fact looked for the veterinary surgeon was enough to be difficult, said he.
The health of the animal qurban apparently must be attentive serious from the government.

Although, the health of the livestock animal that will be made qurban became government responsibility.

We not (know) wether the animal that was sold by us contracted the illness. So, we needed help of the government to check this animal, said Carry, the merchant of casualties's animal in Street Kolonel Haji Burlian, Kilometre Lima, Palembang.

http://www.okezone.com/index.php/search/detail/2007/12/16/1/68591

 

[Commonground]

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On Monday, December 17 2007 00:00 of WIB
Indonesia Form Factory Vaccine

Jakarta (the Media): the Factory of the bird flu vaccine with a value of US$10 million will be established in Indonesia.
The founding plan of this vaccine factory will be realised through the bilateral co-operation between the Indonesian government and Hongaria.

http://www.mediaindonesia.com/cetak/rubrik.asp?id=sai&tgl=2007-12-17 0:0:0

 

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Excerpt:
Chikungunya Attack Gresik
MONDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2007
Gresik-Surya
Chikungunya attacked three villages in the Village of Melirang Kecamatan Bungah Gresik.
As a result, dozens of residents were rolled over and could undergo the maintenance resulting from the Aidest Alpiktus mosquitoes attack.

Despite this, the Kesehatan Service (Dinkes) Gresik stated the incident only was shaped like an explosion now and only attacked in one village.
Because of that Dinkes did not yet state the status of the extraordinary condition (KLB).

http://www.surya.co.id/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29460&Itemid=34

 

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The socialisation of Bird Flu in Rural Areas must be Incessant

Pekanbaru -- the Kesehatan Service of the Riau Province must incessant carried out the socialisation of bird flu not only diperkotaan but also in rural areas in Riau.
His article from several casualties suspect and positive bird flu in Riau more often came from rural areas.
Was like this was sent by the Secretary of the Commission of D DPRD Provinsi Riau Zulfan Heri answered riautoday.com on Monday (17/12).
We hoped, the socialisation of this bird flu was carried seriously out by Diskes.
Not only diperkotaan but also in rural areas that definitely very limited his information space, explained Zulfan.

http://www.riautoday.com/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4228&Itemid=1

 

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Full article of Post #33:

Indonesia Hongaria the Co-operation got up the Factory of the Bird Flu Vaccine

Indonesia and Hongaria will co-operate built the factory of the bird flu vaccine with a value of US$10.
This factory will eventually be built in Indonesia.
The co-operation was strengthened in the bilateral meeting between the Industry Minister (Menperin) Fahmi Idris and the Representative Minister Ekonomi and the Hongaria Abel Garamhegyi Transport in the gap- interrupted industrial Development Forum discussions, in Vienna, Austria, early December set.

The "Hongaria government felt the Hongaria government had the expertise that was high enough in producing this vaccine."
With his technology, Hongaria will use the virus (bird flu) local, explained Menperin after appointing four officials of the echelon of one in the Department's environment of the Industry, in Jakarta, last week.

According to him, the development of the factory in the country was it was thought more efficient than ordered him through the import, like that uptil now was carried out by Indonesia.
"This that was efficient, must than Indonesia carry his virus there better he made his facilities here," he said.
He explained, eventually Hongaria will provide technological equipment, machine equipment, and export credit for the development of this vaccine factory.
Export credit was given by Hongaria to facilitate the process of the sending of this factory equipment.
However, continued Fahmi, technical negotiations the development of the industry this vaccine will be continued to the Department of the Health (the Department of Health).
Apart from the development plan of the factory of the bird flu vaccine, added Fahmi, Hongaria also intended mendanai the project mobile water purification in the area pascagempa.
However, Fahmi did not yet detail further about that.
http://www.mediaindonesia.com/berita.asp?id=152520

Thanks Dutchy!

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

INDONESIA: Bird flu preparedness a big challenge for East Java

Photo: Amantha Perera/IRIN

At the Panchu Market in Surabaya the feathers fly and the floors are slick with blood and chicken entrails. The bird sellers say they are unconcerned about the risk of avian flu or a pandemic. December 2007.

SURABAYA, 19 December 2007 (IRIN) - For the crack medical team specialising in human avian influenza cases at the East Java Provincial Hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, Panchu market represents their worst fear.
The crowded market, tucked away on a Surabayan side street, is like thousands of others throughout Indonesia, with its handful of stalls that sell raw chicken parts and live birds. Much of the slaughtering is done on the spot, with feathers flying, and blood and bird entrails covering the floor.

In conversations with the chicken sellers and their customers, IRIN could find none who expressed concern about the dangers of avian flu, or the potential of a human pandemic developing.

?I?ve never been frightened of bird flu,? Maryati, a chicken-seller, told IRIN, while cutting up a bird. ?I?ve also heard about cases of human avian flu but I?m not worried.?

It is this sentiment regarding the dangers of avian flu that makes doctors at the provincial hospital particularly worried.

Specialist medical team

he medical team that treats human avian flu cases has had notable success. Since April 2006, the unit has treated 12 suspected cases of human avian flu. Four turned out to be the real thing, and they were able to save two - a commendable achievement in a country in which, as of 14 December, there have been 115 cases of human avian influenza, with 92 people (80 percent) dying, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The medical team includes a lung specialist, a paediatrician, an anaesthetist, a clinical pathologist, a microbiologist and specially-trained nurses, and has high-tech isolation rooms that can accommodate up to six patients, with negative air pressure and biohazard protection. It is considered among the best in the country.

?But we are downstream,? said Teguh Sylvaranto, vice-director of medical services at the 1,550 bed teaching hospital, stressing that the top priority is to contain avian influenza at its source. ?The most important issue is poultry and containment of the influenza in the communities,? he said. ?Prevention is the most important factor in dealing with avian flu in humans.?

Avian flu threat real


Photo: Brennon Jones/IRIN
A specially-trained nurse (wearing full-biohazard protection) who works in the isolation unit at the East Java Provincial Hospital. Indonesia, December 2007.
Indonesia ranks amongst a handful of countries worldwide in which highly pathogenic avian influenza is deeply entrenched, and the danger of a human pandemic is a major concern. ?Hospitals will be completely swamped should a significant outbreak of human avian influenza cases occur,? Jonathan Agranoff, the UN Avian Influenza and Pandemic Preparedness Coordinator for Indonesia, told IRIN. ?We have been trying to get this message across about the potential for a human tsunami.?

?Yes, of course, it?s a big problem,? Sylvaranto told IRIN, when asked if the medical community in East Java Province (population 37 million) is prepared for a modest increase in human avian flu cases, or a full-scale pandemic. ?We can?t handle it [a full-scale pandemic]. It is impossible.?

He noted with pride that his medical team made its expertise available to 11 other hospitals in the region and had annual avian influenza training sessions in district hospitals. ?But these district clinics don?t have specialists or isolation units or biohazard protection,? he said. ?They can?t manage, they don?t have the ventilators.?

Shortage of medical equipment

?Even this hospital, the best, does not have enough isolation units, biohazard equipment, respirators and ventilators, he said. ?And you know the cost of treatment? It is an average of 100,000,000 rupiah per patient (US$10,600) which the government has paid up until now.?

Sylvaranto stressed the critical shortage of ventilators, saying that in all of Indonesia, with 245 million people, there are only about one million, and in Surabaya only 200 or so. ?We have 40,? he said. ?There?s a shortage of hardware.?

?We know of the possibility of a pandemic, but we can just do what we can do,? he said, concluding: ?The most important way to deal with a possible pandemic is to deal with prevention - early detection in poultry and early detection, isolation and treatment of human cases.?

The Indonesian health authorities and the Ministry of Agriculture are doing their best to get the message across about surveillance, early detection and sanitary safeguards. With the support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), AusAID (the Australian government?s overseas aid programme) and the Japanese Trust Fund, the Ministry of Agriculture, with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has a Participatory Disease Surveillance programme to identify avian influenza in poultry.

Based on periodic interviews with poultry producers in East Java?s 38 districts, 3.5 per cent of those interviewed since the beginning of 2006 said they had evidence of clinical outbreaks in their poultry consistent with highly pathological avian influenza.

Awareness and detection

At Panchu market, chicken sellers readily confirmed that an awareness and detection campaign was ongoing. Ikuwan, the owner of the largest poultry shop in the market, told IRIN: ?Government representatives come around from time to time to inform us about avian flu outbreaks and that culling has occurred in the region.? He also said the agricultural department comes around and sprays disinfectant and tells us each time that the chickens should be well cooked, adding: ?They always ask us if we have sick chickens.?

?Sometimes we do have sick chickens,? said Ruserente, a chicken seller who goes by motorbike to purchase as many as 70 birds a day from different communities. ?When they die we just throw them in the rubbish bin.?

The UN?s Agranoff said: ?The core problem is that people?s day-to-day livelihoods are more important than safeguarding and planning for the future.?

Mixing of deadly strains

He raises a particular concern about Panchu market where a variety of different kinds of poultry from disparate locations are intermixing daily. ?The virus has been making great progress,? he said. ?In every village now a different strain of the virus can be found and there is no common vaccine.? He said crowding all these birds together in one site has the potential for introducing new strains of the deadly avian influenza virus.

Chicken seller Maryati who is about to close shop adds a final coda to the state of avian influenza awareness and compliance. When asked whether she follows the recommended procedures of washing her hands and cleaning carefully after such close contact with chickens, she says: ?No, I?m not washing my hands. I?m just going straight home.?

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Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

WHO the Mass Value of the Vaccination of Anti H5N1 Was Not Needed

The Kesehatan body of the UN World (WHO) stated giving of the vaccine in a mass fashion in the campaign against bird flu was not needed.
This because of being not yet proven him the plague of bird flu to pandemic.
"It did not yet have proof that point the way if we must carry out the vaccination against all the population, because of being not yet known what in fact that caused pandemic," said Assistant Director Jenderal WHO David Heyman as being quoted from the AFP, on Friday (21/12/2007).

The virus H5N1, that caused 209 deaths since 2003 then, was not the only virus kind that could spread pandemic.

But had the other kind like H5, H7, or H9 that was almost similar.
Heyman explained many countries that spread the mass vaccination campaign as opposition efforts and the protection from the attack of the bird flu virus.

However that on the contrary, like the example when the plague vaccination of flu in the USA in 1976 happening then, precisely gave the other effect.

"Giving" of the "vaccination will precisely give immunity that was lower against the virus and precisely will facilitate happened pandemic, this as the effect from giving" of "the vaccine," stated Heyman.

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[sharon sanders]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

WHO the Mass Value of the Vaccination of Anti H5N1 Was Not Needed

The Kesehatan body of the UN World (WHO) stated giving of the vaccine in a mass fashion in the campaign against bird flu was not needed.
This because of being not yet proven him the plague of bird flu to pandemic.
"It did not yet have proof that point the way if we must carry out the vaccination against all the population, because of being not yet known what in fact that caused pandemic," said Assistant Director Jenderal WHO David Heyman as being quoted from the AFP, on Friday (21/12/2007).

The virus H5N1, that caused 209 deaths since 2003 then, was not the only virus kind that could spread pandemic.

But had the other kind like H5, H7, or H9 that was almost similar.
Heyman explained many countries that spread the mass vaccination campaign as opposition efforts and the protection from the attack of the bird flu virus.

However that on the contrary, like the example when the plague vaccination of flu in the USA in 1976 happening then, precisely gave the other effect.

"Giving" of the "vaccination will precisely give immunity that was lower against the virus and precisely will facilitate happened pandemic, this as the effect from giving" of "the vaccine," stated Heyman.

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A partial immunity is better than none at all.


"..We have shown that use of the oil-in-water based emulsion adjuvant system substantially reduces the amount of antigen needed to elicit a satisfactory immune response to a recombinant H5N1 influenza A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (clade 1) split-virion vaccine and induces cross-clade neutralising immunity against a strain derived by reverse genetics from the drifted A/Indonesia/5/2005 strain (clade 2). These findings are important since the identification of a candidate H5N1 pandemic influenza vaccine that can be commercially manufactured at large scale, is immunogenic at low antigen doses, and which confers cross-clade immunity against drifted H5N1 strains is an important global health objective..."

Antigen sparing and cross-reactive immunity with an adjuvanted rH5N1 prototype pandemic influenza vaccine: a randomised controlled trial Isabel Leroux-Roels MD^a, Astrid Borkowski MD^b, Thomas Vanwolleghem MD^a, Mamadou Dram? MSc^b, Fr?d?ric Clement BSc^a, Eliane Hons MD^a, Jeanne-Marie Devaster MD^b and Prof Geert Leroux-Roels MD

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33398&highlight=cross+immunity

 

[Niko]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

"It did not yet have proof that point the way if we must carry out the vaccination against all the population, because of being not yet known what in fact that caused pandemic," said Assistant Director Jenderal WHO David Heyman as being quoted from the AFP, on Friday (21/12/2007).

Full article (non-translated)

WHO says mass bird flu vaccinations not necessary

9 hours ago
GENEVA (AFP) ? The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday there was no need for a massive vaccine campaign against the bird flu virus (H5N1) because it has not been proven that it would become a pandemic.

"There is no evidence available that would say that we should begin vaccinating populations across the board with H5N1 at this point in order to prevent a pandemic because it is not known what may cause a pandemic," WHO Assistant Director General David Heymann told reporters.

H5N1, which has caused 209 deaths out 340 afflicted since 2003, is not the only virus that could start a flu pandemic, he added. Other viruses, such as H5, H7 or H9, pose the same threat, he said.

Heymann said many countries are considering a widespread vaccination campaign as part of a 'first protection' barrier, which would act as an insurance plan for the population.

However, he recalled that the swine flu vaccinations in 1976 in the United States had a lot of side effects.

"So a country would have to weight whether or not that insurance policy of getting a lower level of immunity against a virus which could cause a pandemic is as important as the side effect which might occur from that vaccine," he said.

Earlier this month WHO responded to the case of a father and son in China dying from H5N1 earlier this month. There were three possible explanations for the father-son case: either they were infected by the same animal, by transmission between them, or by exposure to two different infected animals.

The deadly H5N1 strain has passed from human to human only in very rare cases but scientists fear that such transmission could become more efficient and widespread through mutation, causing a global pandemic.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hMVkeJJM6dBMSjJaX1Ck3zzkIMlA

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

Re: General Indonesian News - November 24+

From the opinion page

Careless government, The People Become Victim

Monday, 24/12/2007

At this time rumours of bird flu began to be felt to fade. The community appearance has been calmer, if could not be said did not care, as if bird flu no longer is so horrifying like time the first time these rumours called. Possibly happened desensitisasi and the community became more insensitive.

Firstly let's straightened several incorrect usages that often happened.
In fact, that must be worried not bird flu because of bird flu happened to birds or the poultry.

That must be guarded against by us was the influenza pandemic in humans. Then, why that often was talked about was bird flu?

Yes, bird flu (avian influenza) was a big group of different influenza viruses that especially attacked poultry. On several cases, where this rarely happened, these poultry viruses could infect the other species, including the pig and human. Partly big the bird flu virus did not attack humankind. The influenza pandemic happened during a sub-type of the influenza virus just emerged and circulated among humankind.

Therefore, the bird flu virus H5N1 was said as strain that was potential caused the pandemic, that is this virus to be estimated could adapt and spread human-to-human . If in the future this happened, this virus no longer is the bird flu virus, but the virus of human influenza.

A pandemic happened during an influenza virus just emerged and began to spread like the virus of human flu normal. Because his virus just, the immune system humankind did not yet have immunity towards the virus mentioned. Case so that caused people who were involved in in the influenza pandemic experiencing the serious illness compared with common influenza.

As being known by us, the influenza pandemic was the rare matter happened. According to the history, the number of deaths for the influenza pandemic had the very big variation. In the age beforehand was recorded by three pandemic incidents, namely Spanish flu to 1918,flu Asia to 1957,flu Hong Kong in 1968.

The prediction of accurate mortality could not be made before the pandemic virus emerged and began to spread.

Gotten by three period kinds of pandemic vigilance (WHO) .Interpandemi that included the phase 1 (the infection in the animal with the risk of the low spread to humankind) and the phase 2 (the infection in the animal with the risk of the high spread to humankind).

Be on the alert Pandemi that included the phase 3 (the infection in humankind, but was not available/very limited the spread human-to-human), the phase 4 (the infection in humankind with spread proof human-to-human that was limited) ,dan the phase 5 (the infection in humankind with the spread between humankind in the group that increasingly spread).

Then, the Pandemic that included the phase 6 (the pandemic, that is the spread antarmanusia has been efficient, effective, and continued).

The assumption of pandemic time, between, the epidemic took place 250 days or the death in general 1.773 per day. The top of the epidemic was achieved in 100 days and when the peak of the epidemic died 177,300 people.

The spreading of the epidemic in 200 days reached the radius 600 km, was needed 90 days to melokalisasi the epidemic with provisions efforts of the pandemic vaccine.

The Minister For Home Affairs's circular No 440/93/SJ about the Handling of Bird Flu mentioned, because of the number of casualties who was infected and died as a result of the bird flu virus continued to improve, health vigilance for humankind then raises the head. Then, was hoped for to the governor and the regent/the guardian of all the Indonesian city immediately took steps in anticipation.

In this circular was explained, to short-term (three months) to the risky province low, namely the Province of Kepulauan Riau, South Sumatra, Bangka-Belitung (Babel) ,Bengkulu, South Kalimantan (South Kalimantan) ,Kalbar, East Kalimantan, NTT, NTB, and Papua in order to prepare means reporting (the command post) towards the illness incident in the poultry and humans.

Supervision of the livestock traffic and the livestock product, the monitoring periodically, and continuous to the livestock market . Carry out the poultry vaccination completely and truly as well as poultry data collection per the village/RT on ownership, the pattern of the maintenance, the abattoir, the place of the reception, and the chicken market.

In the meantime, short-term anticipation (three months) to the risky province high that had happened the case of the death in humankind, namely the North Sumatran Province, West Sumatra, Lampung, Banten, the Special Capital District of Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, East Java, and South Sulawesi in order to carry out the supervision of the livestock traffic and the livestock product tightly.

Carried out the monitoring periodically and continuously to the livestock market, including the existence test virus. Pelarangan the reduction in the chicken apart from in the chicken abattoir (TPA) . Restriction of the traffic of waset of the poultry that was not yet processed.

The increase in environmental sanitation as well as spraying of disinfectant in the environment and the pen and the poultry vaccination in a correct way.

Data collection manner per the village/RT on ownership of the poultry, the pattern of the maintenance, the abattoir, and the place of the reception of the chicken market.

Prepared as well as carried out the increase in the main reconciliation hospital was accompanied by the increase in his service.

In the meantime, for anticipation of the middle period (1 year) for all the province, the regency/the city in order to carry out the preceptive campaign bird flu by involving organisations of the community and the direct approach with the religious figure, the organisation of the mass, the young men, and places of the school.

Carried out the restructuring of livestock breeding, the livestock breeding arrangement in the area of the settlement in stages, the handling of the bird flu virus in his source, the increase in the strengthening of the health service and readiness faced the disaster, as well as anticipated faced his social impact.

Indeed at this time we still was in the phase 3 pandemics, where the spread of the bird flu virus not yet happening human-to-human.

However, when we saw the history of the development of influenza all over the world, could be said by the spread between humankind or the pandemic influenza certainly will happen although being not known where and when that would happen.

The central government and the regional government must seriously work extra hard to avoid the fall of casualties even more.

Dr Andrew JACKSON YANG

Student/Scholar Postgraduate Study Program, Fakultas Community Health, University Indonesia.

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