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West Java: The Awareness of the Community Still Rendah

Shiloh

Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://cetak.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/01/29/13153830/flu.burung.membunuh.30.warga.

Flu Burung Membunuh 30 Warga
Kesadaran Masyarakat Masih Rendah
Kamis, 29 Januari 2009 | 13:15 WIB

Machine translation:
Bird flu killed 30 Warga
The Awareness of the Community Still Rendah
on Thursday, January 29 2009 | 13:15 of WIB

Bandung, Kompas - the Government of the centre maintained West Java as one of the areas that became the focus of the control of the bird flu virus, apart from the Special Capital District of Jakarta and Banten. While 2005-2009, totalling 30 West Javanese residents died because of being attacked by the deadly illness resulting from the virus H5N1 that.

The sufferer especially was domiciled at the Bekasi City (8 people), the Garut Regency (5 people), and Indramayu (4 people). So, the Government of the West Javanese Province made bird flu as one of the four illnesses that became the priority in the handling.

Section Head Kesehatan of the Province West Javanese Alma Lucyati, on Wednesday (28/1), explained, West Java indeed was the area with the case of striking bird flu. Apart from densely-populated, the poultry population in this province was also high. Officially Peternakan West Java recorded, in 2008 was gotten 110.5 million poultries of various kinds in West Java. The number of residents who lived in West Java reached 42 million souls on the land 29.276,7 square kilometre. Till January 23 2009, the case of positive bird flu has been found in the Bekasi City. One of the positive sufferers flu died. For 2005-2009, was gotten by 35 positive residents was attacked by bird flu. Totalling 30 people including dying.

In the period 2006-2008 were at least gotten by 120 patients was expected by bird flu that was treated in the Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung. From this number, 12 patients including being stated positive bird flu.

Only three positive people of bird flu that finally had survived.
Was based on this data, continued Alma, bird flu became one of the infectious diseases that got the priority in the control in West Java after dengue fever dengue fever, diarrhoea, and lung tuberculosis. "The illnesses were classified as sensitive." His character was easy to spread and could turn off. Therefore, needed the movement together to prevent his spreading. Don't be careless although the case in 2008 tended to descend, he said.

The priority was meant to more maximised the available fund. In 2009, the health program got the Rp allocation 356 billion or around 5.3 percent of APBD. Menurut he, the fund did not satisfy for the operational activity, like help of the vaccine, the implement, and the training. The ideal budget ought to be minimal 15 percent of APBD.

Still rendah

For bird flu, the West Javanese Provincial Government incessant carried out the preceptive socialisation of bird flu. "For example, each kind of poultry meat must be cooked, the resident must wash the hands, et cetera always was recommended by us to the resident." The key so that was avoided from bird flu was the pattern of the clean and healthy life, said Fita Rosemary, Kepala Sub- Dinas Inserted Breaker Penyehatan Lingkungan Dinas Kesehatan West Java.

Moreover, he continued, the hospital of reconciliation of the bird flu patient continued to tidy up and improve. At this time in West Java at least was gotten six hospitals that became reconciliation of the bird flu patient, namely the Hasan Sadikin Hospital, RS Rotinsulu (Bandung), RSUD Subang, RSUD Dr Slamet (Garut), RSUD Gunung Djati (Cirebon), and RSUD R Syamsudin SH (the Sukabumi City).

Fita explained, the Kesehatan Service co-operated with the related agency, as the Peternakan Service and the Pertanian Service, shoulder to shoulder handled bird flu. This because of the virus that was known with the term H5N1 this more often was spread by the poultry. Pertanian Kota Bandung Dedy Mulya Section Head said, the awareness of the community about the bird flu danger was still low. Many residents even hid his poultry, in fact the poultry belonging to his neighbour was positive bird flu. "But we always responded to each report about bird flu," he said. (MHF/NDW/Litbang Kompas)
 
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