General Indonesian News - 14 January - 23 June 2008

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: General Indonesian News - 14 January 2008 +

Community Health Centres need the Addition of the Specialist Doctor

Medan) - Several doctors did not yet get complete information about the bird flu illness.

Therefore, the socialisation of bird flu must continue to was done in a kontiniu manner especially for the medical circle and the public's community.
The socialisation responsibility must not to the government but all the sides.

He said, at this time the Community Health Centre still the lack of the specialist doctor's power so as the handling of various illnesses including bird flu was apparently slow.

Because of this, IDI took the strategic policy by making the survey of the community about important not him the specialist doctor in the Community Health Centre.

If presentase the community more often wanted the existence of the specialist doctor, then IDI will make the recommendation letter to Pemko Medan place the specialist doctor in every time Puskemas.

At least during 2009 this program has gone maximal, he said while added must have four internal disease specialist doctors, midwifery, the operation and the child's specialist.

http://www.waspada.co.id/Berita/Medan/Puskesmas-Perlu-Tambahan-Dokter-Spesialis.html

[Commonground]

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Prevent Plague, Livestock in NTT Given "KTP"

The East Nusa Tenggara government increasingly tightened the livestock traffic in the territory.
This step was taken in order to prevents the spread of the rabies illness (the mad dog), anthrax, bird flu and various other deadly illness kinds.
Other efforts that were carried out that is publishing the Identifikasi Card of the Livestock (A Kind Of KTP) to know the background and the story of the livestock before escorted on island.
Until this, at least 10,000 big livestock in the Belu Regency territory, Timor Be Utara and Timor Be Selatan that had the identity card.
"Kabupaten other following because this program needed the quite big cost, the headword of Sub Dinas Kesehatan of the Dinas Peternakan NTT Animal, Maria Geong, when becoming the speaker in the Media Program Penguatan Conference of Indonesian Quarantine in Kupang, on Thursday (19/6/2008).
According to Maria, his side printed 200,000 livestock identity cards, and was distributed to 20 regencies/the city.

"For the smoothness" of "this program, we while thinking of the co-operation with Australia to help funding."
Hoped giving of the identity card to this livestock, could help prevented the spreading of livestock infectious diseases that were dangerous for the safety of humankind, he continued.
He added, was gotten by four deadly kinds of the livestock illness that became an epidemic in Indonesia.
"Lima among them it was identified spread in the NTT territory namely bird flu, anthrax, rabies, brucellocis and cholera."
Specially his case bird flu had been found in the Kupang City.
While four other illness kinds emerged in certain moments, he continued.
From five illness kinds, the case of rabies, claimed casualties was killed most.
Last 2007, was gotten by 2413 cases of rabies where five casualties died.
"Tahun 2008 this has had three casualties was killed in the Manggarai Barat Regency, with the number of cases totalling 206.
"We acknowledged did not yet succeed in pressing the case" of "rabies to the point of zero because of the problem" of the "smoothness" of the "vaccination and the limitations" of the "budget", he said.

Whereas the anthrax illness, last 2007, killed five residents of the Regency Sumba Barat.
"This year had the case" of "anthrax that was found in the Ende Regency, but did not have casualties was killed."
Now the case cholera achieved 600 cases, but did not yet have casualties tewas,"kata him.

The head of Quarantine of Hewan Kelas I Kupang, Umbu Nggiku, in this opportunity to say, the social impact and economics that were caused from the risk of the spreading of the animal illness and the animal product sanga big.
"To minimise various impacts then needed the existence" of the "strengthening" of "quarantine."

The livestock that came from the area endemic livestock infectious diseases will be quarantined and even dimunsahkan so as to not have a vital for the community impact, said Umbu.

According to him, in Indonesia, was gotten 31 provinces, including NTT that was stated as the area tertular bird flu.
"Already thousands of tails" of the "poultry and the poultry product that were forced to be destroyed by us because of the process" of the "sending not meelalui the procedure that tela was appointed," he said.

He added, in 2007 then, his side quarantined more than six million big and small livestock, like cattle, the water buffalo, the horse, the sheep, the rabbit, the pig, the cat, the guinea-pig dog, the poultry and various other livestock products.
Most "this results" of the "import, the export as well as would diantarpulaukan."
We had also destroyed the sheep product from Australia that was brought by participants sail Indonesia, he said.

http://news.okezone.com/index.php/ReadStory/2008/06/19/1/120357/cegah-wabah-ternak-di-ntt-diberi-ktp

[Commonground]

Re: General Indonesian News - 14 January 2008 +

[muntaber is diarrhea]

HUNDREDS OF Lombok residents EAST was affected by MUNTABER

Lombok Timur: At least 171 residents were attacked by the plague muntaber in the Regency Lombok Timur, the West Nusa Tenggara.
Two including being killed.
A child died because late was evacuated.
Whereas another was villagers's adult Jenggik Utara.
The number of beds that was limited compared to the number of patients forced the official of the community health centre of Montong Betok, Kecamatan Montong Gading established the tent treated the emergency in the page of the community health centre.
Was based on the data that was assembled by Metro TV, on Friday (20/6), at least 36 people were still being treated in the emergency tent and 15 other in maintenance space of the community health centre.
Since entered the week the two months, the plague muntaber in five villages in the Montong Gading Subdistrict was stated as the extraordinary incident.
This plague, according to the head of Doctor's local community health centre of Muhammad Zamroni, resulting from the bad behaviour of the resident.
They, said the doctor, often mengonsumsi raw water.

http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=61221

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Departed Early Day for the sake of the SpecialExpertise v

Innovative and interesting.
Such was the response from several participants who joined the training of journalism.
Participants in the numbering training 60 people who were the information staff from all over Central Java.
The training agenda that took place a day, made participants not remain long in Semarang.
They were willing to depart the morning and immediately came home in the afternoon in order to follow material that was given by the team of editorial staff around Indonesia (SINDO).
One of the participants who came from Sokaraja, namely the Head of Co- Brake Information 071 of Wijayakusuma Purwokerto Captain Caj Ellya Rossana.Dia were willing to depart the morning around struck 01,30 WIB used the bus towards Semarang.

"Karena the trip needed time five hours.
So be estimated by me at 08.00 arrive in Semarang.Pelatihan in Kodan IV Diponegoro this was the first time being held," related Captain Ellya, on Wednesday (18/6) .Berangkat the morning and the long distance not the big obstacle for a soldier.
Like that heard the training of journalism, Captain Ellya at once be interested and was enthusiastic departed for Semarang.
Increasingly was attracted by material that was brought by the team of editorial staff of SINDO. Entirety of material beginning with the writing of the news, investigative reporting and the photograph election really had tight relationship to his task as the information staff.
From all over material, the woman born in this January 24 1967, very enthusiastic with investigative reporting.
The opinion far was not different was thrown by the Head of Ko- Rem Information 074 of Warastama Captain Kav Baso Syukri.
According to him, the training of journalism was the new breakthrough to increase the capacity of the information staff.

http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/jawa-tengah-diy/berangkat-dini-hari-demi-keahlian-khu-2.html

[Shiloh]

Re: General Indonesian News - 14 January 2008 +

Source: http://old.thejakartapost.com/detail...621.E03&irec=2
The challenge of nourishing and educationg Indonesia's children

Benedictus Widi Nugroho, Yogyakarta

Saniah, a three year old from Serang, Banten, was featured on a morning television news program recently after suffering from malnutrition and hydrocephalus.

The May 26 news program reported the low-income family could not afford to send their child to hospital for treatment and had never received financial or medical aid from the government or charity organizations.

Saniah is not the only child to have suffered from malnutrition. Heartbreaking stories of undernourished children can be heard all over the country. Still, a shocking fact emerged from research conducted in 2008 by the World Food Program (WFP) -- that approximately 13 million Indonesian children suffer from malnutrition.

Recently, UNICEF's Innocenti Research Centre released a report called "Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries" in the Educational Leadership Journal in May 2007. It said health was one category used to measure a child's well-being. The other five categories are material well-being, safety, education, peer and family relationships, behaviors and risks and a subjective sense of well-being.

The study is relevant to the premise that if we believe children are the future of a nation, investment in children should reach the highest level of well-being in all six categories. The level of well-being in those categories undeniably reflects and determines the quality of the nation's future generation. The question is, has it become our nation's top priority?

At the outset, we as a nation must stand on common ground -- that ample and sufficient attention must be paid to the issue of children's well-being in this country. If we do not have a strong belief and awareness that children are the most important investment, we will, and probably have, put the future generation of this nation on the line.

Of the six categories, material well-being, health and education are probably vital for our efforts to prepare the young generation for future leadership. Material well-being has a strong and direct impact on health and education. We can imagine what kind of leaders would be made out of children who are unhealthy and poorly educated because their family cannot afford to send them to school. Health also affects a child's capacity to learn and achieve at school.

The following facts should be an alarm for the government and the whole nation: Indonesia's Central Statistics Agency notes in its 2007 report that 37.17 million people live below the poverty line, making up 17 percent of the total population.

Poverty has prevented lots of children of poor families from gaining access to education. The number of people living under the poverty line has even been predicted to increase by 15 million since the government decided to raise the fuel price late last month. This has made it even harder for lower- and middle-income families to meet their daily needs, let alone send their children to school.

Despite the increasing number of children who have access to primary education, UNICEF Indonesia has also reported that about two million children cannot afford to go to school due to poverty -- 15 percent of whom are aged between seven and 15. A report from UNICEF Indonesia also states that around one million children drop out of school every year.

Another worrying portrait of children's well-being in Indonesia is the high infant mortality rate. The Indonesian Association of Pediatricians reports that 36 infants from every 1,000 births die, and 10 out of 20 children aged between one and four years old die of various diseases such as dengue fever, tuberculosis, diarrhea and malnutrition.

A nerve-racking fact regarding child well-being in this country is the large number of children who have become victims of violence and abuse. Seto Mulyadi, chairman of the National Committee for Child Protection, was quoted as saying in a recent discussion that from January to April 2007 alone, there had been a total of 417 cases of child violence and abuse, 226 (more than 50 percent) of which took place at school.

It is ironic that school, which is supposed to be a safe and secure place for children, has turned into a place of threats and menace. A recent report also mentions that there has been an increase in school violence from 11 percent in 2006 to 39 percent in 2007, the largest part of which was committed by teachers (Kompas, June 6, 2008).

Despite the government's efforts to improve the quality of education by enforcing the nine-year compulsory education policy and applying a more constructive and holistic curriculum (which has been revised several times), it seems that achieving the ideal educational outcome remains wishful thinking.

Instead of increasing its budget for education, the government has reduced it by up to 15 percent, despite the fact that 19 percent of school buildings in Indonesia are badly damaged and in need of renovation. This reduction will result in a budget which is even lower than last year's.

Educational practices in Indonesia have been faced with great challenges. Although the vision statement articulated in the strategic plans of the Department of National Education maintains that education should be able to equip students with spiritual, emotional and cognitive intelligence; education, in practice, has been reduced to test-oriented school tasks.

This practice, of course, denies the vision statement itself because classroom activities are focused only on the cognitive domain. Future leaders should have not only intellectual capacity but also spiritual and emotional maturity and intelligence.

In addition, we can see that today's students have no more time to play and relax. Their days are overburdened with school assignments and homework. The eleventh grade students, for example, have to study 16 different subjects a week. After school, they still have to attend extra-curricular activities and arrive home tired. And homework is waiting for them.

Although we all know and understand that children are our future, it is obvious that investing in children has not become this nation's top priority. Now is the time for the whole nation to pay greater attention to the issue of children's well-being. Society should be invited to become actively engaged in health programs for children and campaigns to stop violence and abuse against children.

The government should build strong foundations for education by consistently seeking to work towards the goals articulated in the Strategic Plans of the Department of National Education.

The author, a teacher at SMA Kolese De Britto, Yogyakarta, is currently attending a graduate program at Loyola University Chicago, in the United States. He can be reached at widinugrohous@yahoo.com

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Re: General Indonesian News - 14 January 2008 +

[Odd article I just stumbled upon. Why talk about a "plague" with only one case, and not a confirmed case, at that? "Dipteri = Dipthera. Note the date.]

Plague/Epidemic Diptheria Start Attack Child In Kediri
Kamis, 12 Juni 2008 | 18:37 WIB

The threat of the plague attack dipteri again haunted the resident of the Kediri Regency, East Java.
"We found had the child was five years old was affected by the illness like dipteri.
We were still being waiting for results of the laboratory inspection whether positive dipteri or not," the Service headword of Kesehatan Kediri, Adi Laksono, on Thursday (12/6).

This illness usually attacks the respiratory tract.
According to Adi, the attack dipteri finally in the Kediri Regency happened during 2001.
After that now does not have the case dipteri.
"In order avoided did not become the plague, at this time we carried out the step in anticipation by carrying out the immunisation to several subdistricts," Adi's words.

http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/nusa/jawamadura/2008/06/12/brk,20080612-125255,id.html

Dipteri was the acute infection kind that was triggered by the producer's bacteria of the Corynebacterium Diphteriae toxin.
As the very deadly illness especially for children, dipteri attacked the respiratory tract and did not close the possibility also attacked skin.
Poison that was produced by the same bacteria could cause nerves damage and the heart.
His spread through the sprinkling of the cough saliva the sufferer.
Also could through the object or food that was contaminated by Corynebacterium Diphtheriae.
After being infected, in the period 1-4 days will emerge the sign of the light throat of pain and was sick during swallowed.
Afterwards was followed by the minor fever, the fast heartbeat, was accompanied vomited, shivered and had a headache

[Oracle]

Re: General Indonesian News - 14 January 2008 +

Wikipedia has an informative explanatory webpage on diphtheria. One of the graphics is a world map of case density, by nation over the decade spanning 1997-06. Red is the highest caseload - you'll see that Indonesia has had periodic outbreaks that put it in this category. This serious disease has a rather high case fatality rate in the young and elderly (20% or more) - perhaps the reason for it being described as a 'plague'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria

Indonesia has been working with various NGOs and governmental foreign aid packages that provide funds for mass immunization for diphtheria, considered to be endemic in Indonesia (respiratory disease and C. ulcerans, dermatological infectious form).

Sharp eyes, CG. Very interesting post.

[Sally Furniss]

Re: General Indonesian News - 14 January - 23 June 2008

New thread started here

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72213