General Indonesian News - 14 January - 23 June 2008

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Anticipation of the Demonstration, 7,200 Tramtib was alerted

Jakarta, Pelita Pemerintah of the Province (the Provincial Government) the Special Capital District of Jakarta alerted as many as 7,200 Tramtib personnel and Linmas to anticipate the demonstration denied the price increase of this BBM. Personel will be placed in each location that often was made the place of the concentration of the mass like in front of the Negara Palace, Istana Vice President, Gedung Balaikota and DPRD, Bundaran HI, Monas, and in front of the Building People's Representative Council RI.
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JUMAT, 16 MEI 2008 | 19:48 WIB
The professional call for the WHO freedom

The organisation of the Health of the World (WHO) worked to achieve the resolution of the health of the public of problems.
However since the International Atomic Energy Agency agreement/IAEA with WHO on May 28 1959, WHO became subordinate from the Body of this Energi Nuklir Internasional/IAEA.
"As the professional group in the health field, we supported the request that WHO in accordance with his constitution regained the freedom in the radiation field pengion," was like this the Kaum Profesional Call of the Kesehatan Field for the WHO Freedom that was thought of by the experts in the health from various countries.
This call was sent to Director General WHO Margaret Chan, and in Indonesia also ditembuskan to Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari.
The call in Indonesia was delivered by Abraham's Lamp from the Community of Antinuklir Indonesia in Jakarta, on Friday (16/5).
In this opportunity was turned by the Chernobyl Tragedy film that happened 1986.
The main IAEA aim of being based on his statutes was to speed up and widen the nuclear energy contribution for peace, the health and welfare all through the world.
The agreement of IAEA/WHO said that every time respectively the side wanted to carry out the program or the activity concerning a matter where the other side had or possibly had the substantial interests, the first side will consult with the second side with the intention to adapt his problem by means of the joint agreement.

The same agreement enabled the application of certain restrictions to maintain information that was secret.
This secrecy that caused was not published by him prosiding from the WHO Conference about Chernobyl, on November 23-27 1995.
Currently very urgent for WHO to give help for one million children that be forced tingga l in the most polluted environment radionuklida from Chernobyl.
Through to 90 percent his contamination was internal, and the rest of the external.
Several internal organs accumulated the concentration radionuklida that was high.
Chronic contamination that was resulted in by him memili ki the impact of the very serious health.
In Belarusia at this time, 85 percent of the children were in the dirtiest territory being sick, before the explosion his figure was 15 percent.
The head of the Official of the Health of the Russian Federation recorded in 2001 that 10 percent bang i 184,000 likuidator (the restoration worker of the emergency) died and a third him suffered the defect.
In the meantime in Ukraine provided 260,000 likuidator.
Hundreds of studies of epidemiology in Ukraine, Belarusia and the Russian Federation stressed that there is the significant rise from all over the cancer kind that caused thousands of deaths, the rise mortabilitas the baby and in the period perinatal, a large number of spontaneous abortions, the number of body deviations and the genetic anomaly that continued to improve, the disturbance and retardation per kembangan bounced, the illness neuropsikologis, blindness, and respiratory diseases, kardiovaskuler, gastrointestinal, urogenital and the system endokrin.

http://www.kompas.com/index.php/read....kebebasan.who.

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Cirebon City

Teach Siswa prevented Flu Burung
Friday, May 16 2008

Still the number of communities, especially the school child who became bird flu casualties, the Pendidikan Council (DP) the Cirebon City co-operated with Bappeda held the socialisation activity of the prevention and the control of bird flu in the school.
The chief executive Drs Agung of Prabowo MPd said, the activity that will be carried out from May 27 to June 27 that touched all the schools from the level of the PRIMARY SCHOOL, the JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/SMK. "I saw these children was very serious towards bird flu."
So, they must be given by the understanding and matter provisions of the prevention of this bird flu, he said after spreading out the meeting of preparations, yesterday (16/5) in the office of DP Kota Cirebon.
Great explained, as the first step before sosialiasi to the students, before trained the supervisors, the teacher IPA and the management OSIS. Pematerinya came from Diskanla and Dinkes.
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http://www.radarcirebon.com/kota-cirebon/3.html

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U.S. EMBASSY WARDEN MESSAGE

May 19 , 2008
U.S. Embassy Jakarta
U.S. Consulate General Surabaya
U.S. Consulate Medan

Warden Message - Demonstrations

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, informs American citizens that rising food prices and an anticipated government announcement about a dramatic increase in fuel costs could trigger demonstrations in Jakarta and other cities. Though the Embassy does not have any specific information on any scheduled demonstrations, the Embassy would like to remind American citizens that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence. American citizens are therefore urged to avoid the areas of demonstrations if possible, and to exercise caution if within the vicinity of any demonstrations. American citizens should stay current with media coverage of local events and be aware of their surroundings at all times.

The U.S. Embassy and U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya intend to maintain normal consular services during demonstrations, but may have to close on short notice if security conditions prevent public access to the Embassy or Consulate grounds. American citizens seeking consular services may call the Consular Sections at the numbers below before coming to the Embassy or Consulate to inquire about possible demonstrations.

Americans living and traveling in Indonesia are urged to register and update their contact information with the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, or U.S. Consular Agency in Bali. Registration facilitates the U.S. Mission?s contact with Americans in emergency situations, and may be done on line and in advance of travel. Information on registering can be found at the U.S. Department of State?s Consular Affairs website at http://travelregistration.state.gov and at the Embassy?s website at http://jakarta.usembassy.gov. All Travel Warnings, Public Announcements and recent warden messages are posted on the Embassy website.

For the latest security information, Americans living and traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department?s Bureau of Consular Affairs Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Alerts, Travel Warnings, and health-information resources can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S., or, for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

The Embassy is located at Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 4-5, Jakarta; the 24-hour telephone number is 62-21-3435-9000. The telephone number of the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya is 62-31-295-6400; the number for the U.S. Consulate in Medan is 62-61-415-2200; the number for the U.S. Consular Agency in Bali is 62-361-233-605.

http://jakarta.usembassy.gov/consular/WMmay1908.htm

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Sent Information through Art

Apart from entertained, perge- laran same became the persuasion media, in part by asking the West Javanese resident and Banten to anticipate the flu illness of burung.Menurut Ilyas, the bird flu illness must become main attention, including in Majalengka.
The performance of this art of the people's play was initiated by the Group of Seni Widia Iswari Bandung that co-operated with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the West Javanese Provincial Government, and Community Based Avian Influence Control (CBAIC).
Together they appealed to all the resident to be on the alert bird flu.

http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/jawa-barat/menyampaikan-informasi-melalui-kesenian-2.html

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Jambi

Kerinci the Diarrhoea Danger and the Cough
Thursday, 22 May 2008

The change in the uncertain weather not only was frightened by the Kerinci Forestry side the reason caused the focus or hot spot, but also their Kesehatan Kerinci. Service was very worried with the condition for this current available weather the reason for the danger would diarrhoea and the cough.
Therefore the Kesehatan Service sent the letter to all the Sub-district Head to be continued to villages in Kerinci to anticipate this.


"when weather as is now the case, there was the sign of the increase in diarrhoea," said Kadis Kesehatan Kerinci, Efnizal Meirad, yesterday.
He mentioned, finally this plenty of Kerinci communities that were affected by diarrhoea and in general his sufferer was children.
Only, he said this incident was not yet categorised as the Luar Biasa Incident (KLB).
"Because to determine whether that as KLB had the certain condition.
Because his incident was spread similar/varied the subdistrict and his cause also various things so as that not was said by KLB.

"could be this diarrhoea as a result of being contaminated by reason germs drank water that was not yet cooked, the environment that was unclean as well as for the baby also could be resulted in by the health of the mother and the child who were not paid attention to," he explained.
Apart from diarrhoea mentioned Efnizal Meirad, with the hot weather as is now the case also found it easy to be attacked by the cough.
"Oleh Karenanya with the letter that was sent to the Sub-district Head and the Village Head could be it was hoped sent all through the community to guard against the change in the weather so that was avoided from the cough and this diarrhoea," obviously him.
Was based on observation of this newspaper in the Hospital MajGen H A Thalib Sungaipenuh, was seen by the diarrhoea patient enough.
From the start of the year till April yesterday has reached 40 people more the diarrhoea sufferer.

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East Java

On Wednesday, May 21 2008
The resident one RT Attacked Diarrhea

Diarrhoea attacked the resident of one neighbourhood association (RT).
At least 25 residents RT 8/RW 2, the Tengger Village, the Village of Slahung, the Slahung Subdistrict, Ponorogo must undergo the maintenance in the local community health centre the last few days.
Moreover, a resident, Katiman, 83, died, on Saturday early afternoon (17/5) struck 12,00 after his condition continued to worsen resulting from diarrhoea.
Officially Kesehatan (Dinkes) Ponorogo mengmbil the fast step like that received the report on this diarrhoea attack.
Moreover, the number of his sufferers it was estimated continued to improve.
"Because the amount many, we at once carried out the action of looking for his cause."
The temporary assumption, possibly the environment including sanitation that not all that enabled in the resident's environment, said Kadinkes Ponorogo Dr Titiek Mukartini to this newspaper yesterday (20/5).

As the step in early, dinkes also took the sample of water.
Because, had the assumption of water that was consumed by the dirtiest resident.
Moreover, uptil now to drink and cook including bathing the resident only relied on the source of water in Jimpos mountains.
Water was distributed through the hose pipe to several reservoirs in the Thothok territory to be spread to the inhabitants's houses.
"Nanti how the condition for water that dikonsumi the resident, just was known by us after we the test in the regional laboratory," clear Titiek.
Now diarrhoea that struck in 15 (heads of households) that, was indicated because of the environment that not all that filled the standard of the health.
His article, masing masing heads of households evidently did not yet have sanitation that was adequate including not having the family's toilet.
"Resident also still was making use of the river to defecate.
While his water current was very small," clear the Subagiyo Day, Kasi Pengamatan of the Dinkes Illness that yesterday descended to the location.

There was the possibility of the spreading of the illness really was easy with the spread through the fly.
"Kami apart from immediately carried out medical treatment also counselling in the health of the environment," he explained.
Tomorrow (today, red) also will do kaporitisasi (purification of water).
According to Sugimin, 48 local residents, the resident who did not have the toilet because of the problem of the fund. "did not yet have money to make.
Because of needing one million," he explained.
While till yesterday the older brother was siblings Eli Ermawati, 15 and Efin Dwi Jatmiko, 18, still must undergo treated inap in the community health centre because of being attacked by diarrhoea.

http://www.jawapos.com/index.php?act=detail_radar&id=215261&c=76

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[Top of the page says 5/22. Article says 2/26, which was a Tuesday....]

Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:58 PM
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Riau haze blamed for rise in health woes

Rizal Harahap , The Jakarta Post , Pekanbaru | Tue, 02/26/2008 12:49 PM | The Archipelago

The Riau Health Office announced Monday 1,547 people were suffering from a number of afflictions from the haze caused by forest fires in the province over the past two weeks.

Residents in a number of regencies have developed respiratory infections, skin irritations, conjunctivitis and diarrhea.

"The diseases are always imminent during the recurrent haze and dry seasons," said Burhanuddin Agung, head of nutrition and medical care at the health office.

Data gathered over the weekend from Rokan Hulu, Rokan Hilir, Indragiri Hulu and Bengkalis regencies, indicated 1,095 people have already contracted respiratory infections.

The most affected area is Rokan Hulu, where there are 702 cases. As many as 150 people have reported skin irritations in the regencies, 29 of them suffering from eye irritation and 19 from conjunctivitis.

"The number affected could be higher because seven other regencies have not sent in their reports, including Dumai, which is likely to be the worst hit area," said Burhanuddin.

Surging numbers of people seeking treatment in Pekanbaru's hospitals and community health centers show that respiratory disease has doubled in the area.

At the Arifin Achmad General Hospital, for instance, the number of respiratory disease patients seeking treatment reached 25 each day compared to around 10 before the fires.

"The conditions are like this every haze season. Patients not only come from Pekanbaru but also from outside the city. Their conditions are generally not too chronic and they can still be treated as outpatients. Only six patients are currently receiving in-patient treatment," said hospital spokesman Nuzeli.

Besides those being treated for respiratory diseases and irritation, the number of diarrhea patients is also on the rise. In the past week, the number of patients in the four regencies has reached 254.

"Based on our experience, the number of diarrhea patients usually goes up during each haze season. There is no correlation between diarrhea and forest fires. It's actually the rainfall because rural residents still depend on rain for their source of drinking water. During minimum rain, they are forced to seek other means of water, even if it is unsafe. This is believed to have triggered the rise in the number of diarrhea patients," said Burhanuddin.

The Riau Health Office has set up health posts in 11 regencies and cities across the province in a bid to monitor and overcome the impacts of forest fires.

It has distributed 30,000 masks in Siak, Bengkalis, Dumai and Rokan Hilir; areas it predicts will face the worst impacts of the haze.

The health office has also distributed 2,000 free masks in Pekanbaru. The provincial administration has also requested the central government provide an additional 100,000 masks to replenish its stock.

"Other logistics, such as medicine, are still adequate," said Burhanuddin.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/02/26/riau-haze-blamed-rise-health-woes.html

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[Posted this because of the statement that it is "leading up to the dry season". Then, why the respiratory problems in February?]

North Sumatra again blanketed in haze

Apriadi Gunawan and Rizal Harahap , The Jakarta Post , Medan, Pekanbaru | Thu, 05/22/2008 11:26 AM | The Archipelago

Choking haze from forest fires in Riau and Jambi has blanketed North Sumatra for several days and threatens to spread to neighboring countries.

Based on reports from the Meteorological and Geophysics Agency (BMG), the haze has reduced visibility to between three and five kilometers since May 18, from around 8 km previously, but has yet to disrupt flight schedules thus far.

The recent poor visibility in North Sumatra was attributed to haze from forest fires in Riau and Jambi, BMG Medan data division head Firman said.

Riau and Jambi contributed most to the situation despite the declining number of hotspots recorded in Sumatra over the past week, he said.

"Based on satellite images, we recorded 372 hotspots in Sumatra on May 17. This number had decreased to 207 the following day, and had further declined to 97 by May 20, but most of these were in Riau and Jambi," Firman told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

Firman predicted that North Sumatra would be likely to experience choking haze until early June.

In Pekanbaru, Riau, the current intense heat in the lead-up to the dry season has raised concerns over the intensity of forest and peatland fires.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/22/north-sumatra-again-blanketed-haze.html

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Threats against journalists probed

Thu, 05/22/2008 11:01 AM | The Archipelago

KUPANG: The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police are investigating alleged threats against journalists made by a police officer who had been declared ineligible to run in the province's upcoming gubernatorial election.

NTT Police chief Brig. Gen. Antonius Bambang Suedi said he ordered military police to investigate alleged threats made by Sr. Comr. Alfons Loemau against two journalists from Pos Kupang and Timor Express dailies.

Antonius said he asked the two dailies to submit written complaints to the police. "I will take stern action against any police officer found committing such acts," Antonius said.

The NTT chapter of the General Elections Commission (KPUD) had earlier declared Alfons and his running mate Frans Salesman ineligible to run after the pair failed the verification process.

The pair's supporters brawled with riot police at a rally at the KPUD's office earlier this week, resulting in seven arrests.

When Alfons was visiting his detained supporters, Benny Jahang of Pos Kupang and Robert Kadang of Timor Express took his picture.

Alfons confiscated Benny's camera and deleted all the pictures on it. He ordered Robert to do the same.

"He yelled expletives and threatened to slap us," said Benny, adding that Alfons also tried to confiscate his cell phone, accusing the journalist of using it to take more pictures.--

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[Muntaber illness is diarrhea]
Makassar, South Sulawesi

Jumat, 23-05-2008
Pasien Muntaber Pack Tightly in RSUD Mamuju

In several last days, the Daerah Public Hospital (RSUD) Mamuju, Sulbar, was overwhelmed accommodated the patient who suffered the Muntaber illness.
One of the nurses in this hospital named Anna Mariana, when being met in his workplace, said, maintenance space for the class of three III that accommodated the patient was moved to other maintenance space.

This was resulted in, the number of patients who entered by using this class.
From four patients muntaber that enters today (yesterday, Red), be forced dititip in UGD space and other maintenance space in RSUD Mamuju.
Because of maintenance space of the class of three that accommodated the patient muntaber that has been full.
Said, the patient muntaber that entered RSUD Mamuju during the last month, in turns.
Moreover, the condition for maintenance space always was full.
On last Thursday (22/5), totalling ten patients muntaber underwent the maintenance in this hospital.
Only, they are no longer accommodated in maintenance space.
But in the other room.
For this month, the number of patients muntaber that underwent the maintenance totalling 50 people.
Most of these patients were the low child five years (pre-schoolers).
From this number, currently remained 15 people who still must be undergoing the maintenance intensively.

http://www.beritakotamakassar.com/view.php?id=13849&jenis=Sulbar

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The minister for agriculture: Bird Flu should be not underestimated

The Agriculture Minister (the Minister For Agriculture) Anton Apriantono warned that the spreading of the animal illness like bird flu was not gazed at an eye.
The risk that could be caused from the spreading of the animal illness immediately to have to be prevented through the Strengthening of Indonesian Quarantine (Indonesian Quarantine Strengthening Program/IQSP).
This program will be undertaken by the Karantina Pertanian Departemen Body of Agriculture (Deptan) RI and will take place for the month October-December 2008 came.
"Risk of the spreading of the animal illness and the product the animal should not be it was considered trivial.
Bird flu only one of the illness kinds that was caused by the animal.
Was our responsibility together to prevent the spreading of this illness that possibly could develop by the plague," the Minister For Agriculture's words in the news of the press that was accepted by editorial staff okezone, on Thursday (22/5/2008).
This IQSP program was partnership efforts anatara BARANTAN and Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).
The IQSP program whole that will go while two months will be financed by the Australian side.

http://news.okezone.com/index.php/ReadStory/2008/05/22/1/111295/mentan-flu-burung-jangan-dianggap-enteng

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The Indonesia-Australia Quarantine co-operation

To prevent the entry of the animal illness, the Karantina Pertanian Body established the partnership in the strengthening of Indonesian quarantine with Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).
Australia gave help 1,3 million US dollar in this program.
The aim is, increased the feeling of responsibility and the awareness of the community to the animal illness, especially bird flu.
Moreover, this program gave the training of epidemic knowledge of the illness and the evaluation of the risk of bird flu.
The head of the Karantina Pertanian Syukur Iwantoro Body, on Wednesday (21/5), said, one of the efforts reduced the risk of the spread of the animal illness of being to follow the conduct of good and true quarantine.

http://www.kompas.com/kompascetak.php/read/xml/2008/05/22/0105040/kilas.ekonomi

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Rise Indonesia

For the Capitalism ideology eksis and was carried out by West countries at this time, especially by the USA as pengemban especially, for that also the colonisation really will not be lost from in front of the earth.
His article, the colonisation was the standard method capitalist countries to gain shared his interests.
If before World War II the colonisation more was non-military.
Indeed at this time, the USA especially began to use again military methods of colonising other countries, for example in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nevertheless, the non-military colonisation stayed dominant at this time.
That was most visible was the colonisation through the political route and economics.
The instrument of the colonisation in a manner politics, for example to be by making Democracy and human rights the implement penekan on a country.
That was most latest, West and the USA used rumours of terrorism to intervene in Muslim countries.
As for the colonisation economically went in part through instrument international agencies like the IMF, Bank Dunia and WTO. Digunakan also the mechanism of the free market, foreign debt, etc..

It was more serious, capitalist countries like the USA evidently also carried out the colonisation on the other country in the health field.
This that possibly just consciously was known, especially by the Indonesian nation, especially after sticking up him the case around the appearance of the book of Mentri Kesehatan that was entitled Saatnya Dunia Berubah, of Tangga of the Lord behind the Flu Burung Virus.
This book in a vulgar manner stripped the US colonisation in the health field on Third World countries, especially through the mechanism of the sending of the sample of the virus that afterwards evidently was made the material to make the vaccine by companies of AS. Tragisnya, WHO was involved inside.

An age already the pillar of the nation goal was stuck and the standard of the resurgence was flown.
Hopefully the Warning 100 Hari Kebangkitan Nasional years this time too much were not in vain without left second-hand apart from the ceremony quite ceremonial without being formed by the awareness to rise from keterpurukan and the colonisation that already so many for a long time was experienced this Nation.
It is hoped we increasingly X melek X politics so as we increasingly realised how important is each effort to oppose the Capitalism ideology as the source of destruction of the world at the same time how urgent is us arranged this world with the alternative ideology.
So Islam as rahmatan lil'alamin.

Syamratul Husna
Mahasiswa USU

http://www.waspada.co.id/Opini/Surat-Pembaca/Bangkitlah-Indonesia.html

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The proposed Indonesian Declaration was supported Menkes the Non-aligned Movement
23 May 2008

The proposal of Deklarasi Responsible Virus Sharing "and Benefits Sharing" that was put forward by Indonesia got the area support in the Meeting Health Minister Gerakan Nonblok (GNB=NAM, Non Alignment Movement) the 1 on May 21 2008 in Geneva.
The proposal of this Deklarasi Indonesia furthermore became the official GNB document and will be discussed further in the Meeting of the Level of Tetap Delegation (Watap) in Geneva on June 30 2008.

The meeting Health Minister GNB that was held in the World Health Assembly Session opportunity (WHA) ke-61, tanggal 19 – 24 Mei 2008, considered that the proposed declaration by this Indonesia was very important for developing countries and it was hoped could become the moral strength of the developing country in fighting for the development of the new mechanism of the virus sharing and benefits sharing that was more just, transparent and was equal for the developing country.
Dr. Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari, Sp.JP (K) in the statement opposite Menkes GNB stressed that the co-operation and the member countries's GNB support in new mechanism negotiations of the virus sharing and benefits sharing was the agreement and the real GNB co-operation reinforced and increased the Very South health co-operation

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http://www.depkes.go.id/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=3112