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Tangerang (ANTARA News) - US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R Hume is expected to hand Rp15 billion in humanitarian aid to the Tangerang administration to fight bird flu in the region, a local health official said on Tuesday.
"The grant will be presented by Ambassador Cameron Hume during his visit to Tangerang on Wednesday," a spokesman of the local health office, Aceh Kurniawan, said.
He said the funds would be used to control bird flu in the city and district of Tangerang by implementing a familiarization program.
The bird flu familiarization program would involve the local people and students in an effort to make them aware of the deadly disease.
Meanwhile, the chief of the Tangerang Health Office, Hani Heryanto, said the district administration already had a bird flu control program which could be implemented as soon as the US financial aid had been received.
Meanwhile, the chief of the National Committee on Bird Flu Control, Bayu Krisnamurthi said in Jakarta recently that Indonesia had suffered financial losses of Rp4.1 trillion due to bird flu (avian influenza/AI) outbreaks during 2004-2007.
Bay said in a statement that the losses were estimated based on the impact of bird flu outbreaks during 2004-2007 using the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model.
The impact calculated in the estimation was financial losses due to chicken culls, reduced demand for poultry products, lower chicken and egg consumption, costs incurred by farmers as well as the government for bird flu control, and the decline in the number of tourist visits.
According to Bayu, programs to control bird flu in Indonesia had shown progress, both in communication and surveillance, managing the spread of the virus in poultry and humans, as well as efforts to anticipate a possible pandemic.
The authorities would improve the control program from time to time, he said.
AI infection of poultry which was first reported in 2003 has spread fast and now poultry in 31 out of the country`s 33 provinces have been affected.
The disease has become endemic in Java, Sumatra, Bali and South Sulawesi. (*)
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"The grant will be presented by Ambassador Cameron Hume during his visit to Tangerang on Wednesday," a spokesman of the local health office, Aceh Kurniawan, said.
He said the funds would be used to control bird flu in the city and district of Tangerang by implementing a familiarization program.
The bird flu familiarization program would involve the local people and students in an effort to make them aware of the deadly disease.
Meanwhile, the chief of the Tangerang Health Office, Hani Heryanto, said the district administration already had a bird flu control program which could be implemented as soon as the US financial aid had been received.
Meanwhile, the chief of the National Committee on Bird Flu Control, Bayu Krisnamurthi said in Jakarta recently that Indonesia had suffered financial losses of Rp4.1 trillion due to bird flu (avian influenza/AI) outbreaks during 2004-2007.
Bay said in a statement that the losses were estimated based on the impact of bird flu outbreaks during 2004-2007 using the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model.
The impact calculated in the estimation was financial losses due to chicken culls, reduced demand for poultry products, lower chicken and egg consumption, costs incurred by farmers as well as the government for bird flu control, and the decline in the number of tourist visits.
According to Bayu, programs to control bird flu in Indonesia had shown progress, both in communication and surveillance, managing the spread of the virus in poultry and humans, as well as efforts to anticipate a possible pandemic.
The authorities would improve the control program from time to time, he said.
AI infection of poultry which was first reported in 2003 has spread fast and now poultry in 31 out of the country`s 33 provinces have been affected.
The disease has become endemic in Java, Sumatra, Bali and South Sulawesi. (*)
http://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/...-give-rp15-bln-to-tangerang-to-fight-bird-flu