WHO Supports Indonesia's plan to build "WHO Influenza Collaborating Center"

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WHO Supports Wake RI Cooperation Center Flu

Tuesday, 19/01/2010 15:29 WIB

Geneva - World Health Organization (WHO) to support Indonesia's plan to build the WHO collaboration center for influenza research. Indonesia is expected to have a capacity for risk assessment for potential pandemic such as bird flu and swine flu.

This cooperation center will be named the WHO Influenza Collaborating Center. WHO Director General Margaret Chan insists the WHO will provide assistance to Indonesia to realize such cooperation center.

"I support the Indonesian initiative to establish the WHO Influenza Collaborating Center in Indonesia," Chan said in a meeting with Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih on the sidelines of the meeting of Executive Board-126 WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday (18/1/2010) yesterday .

According to the First Secretary of the Permanent Representative of Indonesia in Geneva Acep Somantri, WHO also supported the construction of the WHO Collaborating Center for disaster management in Indonesia. We have disaster management center was built in 9 regions in Indonesia.

"Director General of WHO praises Indonesia's capacity in disaster management so that they can become training centers for other countries," he said in a release Acep to AFP, Tuesday (19/1/2010).

In addition to meeting with Chan, Minister also met with Minister of India and Brunei Darussalam to strengthen the bilateral health cooperation. Endang was also selected as one of the Vice Chairman of the WHO Executive Board along with South Korea, Oman and Paraguay.

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Re: WHO Supports Indonesia's plan to build "WHO Influenza Collaborating Center"

RI Initiatives Support WHO Collaborative Center Build
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 09:23 pm

Director General of World Health Organization (World Health Organization / WHO) Dr. Margaret Chan RI initiative established to support WHO Influenza Collaborating Center in Indonesia.

Support was conveyed to the Minister of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih between Executive Board Session of the 126 WHO in Geneva, said the Mission First Secretary, Acep Somantri, in a statement received in London, Wednesday (20 / 1).

Bilateral meeting between Minister of Health of Indonesia with the Director General of WHO is one of a series of activities on the first day session of the 126th WHO Executive Board, which will last until January 23, 2010.

Director General of WHO support has an important meaning for Indonesia in the effort of developing countries also have adequate capacity to diagnose and perform "risk assessment" (risk assessment) of potential pandemic diseases such as H5N1 and H1N1.

Director General of WHO will provide assistance to the Indonesian government to realize these initiatives and also supporting the establishment of WHO Collaborating Center for Disaster Management in Indonesia.

Currently Disaster Management Center has been established and operates in nine regions in Indonesia.

Director General of WHO praises Indonesia's capacity in disaster management so that they can become training centers for other countries.

In addition to meeting with WHO Director General, Minister of Health of Indonesia also held a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Health of India and Brunei Darussalam in order to discuss efforts to strengthen the bilateral health cooperation.

Executive Board is an executive body consisting of the WHO 34 WHO member countries, including Indonesia.

Minister of Health of Indonesia was elected as one of the vice-chairman with South Korea, Oman and Paraguay. EB-WHO trial which is currently led by Uganda.

In addition, the Minister also received a mandate to make decisions and policies will be discussed and defined by the World Health Assembly (WHA), and provide direction to the Director General of WHO in implementing the decisions of WHA.

In the 126th Session of the WHO Executive Board is, in addition to fighting for the continuation of the formation of Virus Sharing Framework and Benefits Sharing, Indonesia also initiated submit the draft resolution on "The Improvement of Health Through Safe and Environmentally Sound Waste Management".

The submission of the draft resolution is an attempt to follow up decisions Indonesia "Bali Declaration on Waste Management for Human Health and Livelihood" agreed at the 9th Session of the COP to the Basel Convention in Bali, in June 2008. (Nezz / At)

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