General Indonesian News - 23 June 2008 to 26 September 2008

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Rabu, 24 September 2008 14:47
Tanggab Flu Burung, Disnak Latih 32 PDSR officials

In order to anticipates the case of Avian Influenza (AI) in Riau, today Disnak spreads out the training of the sending of the sample of the field (Field Isolated Workshop). 32 officials Participatory Desease Survrilance adn Response (PDSR) took part in taking the part. Riauterkini-Pekanbaru-Kadisnak Riau, HR Erisman in his address in the training activity of the sending sample the PDSR LDCC field on Wednesday (24/9) said that to eliminate the development of Avian Influenza (AI), Disnak carried out the training to the official PDSR. The "LDCC existence (Local Disease Control Center) and the PDSR team in the Riau province effectively just was begun since last April 2008." For approximately 5 months, the LDCC existence and this PDSR have been enough to be able to be felt by his benefit, he said.

He said, as one of the indicators was the existence of the data base the AI illness situation that made responsible took the form of the status of each village towards the AI illness and the number of deaths of the animal (the poultry) as well as steps in the control that was carried out.

In the meantime, Kasubdin Keswan Disnak Riau, Rondang Nayati said that the training this time that was facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) trained 32 people from the official of the available service in the field. "The 32 people who were trained to come from 4 regencies." That is the regency of Indragiri Hulu, Siak, Pekanbaru and Bengkalis, he said. According to him, 1 team consisted of 2 people. 1 team supervised and coordinated 2-3 subdistricts. The target that was placed to the team was to look for trouble disektor 2.3 and 4. For the sector his 4 poultries was dimasyarakat. The sector 3 poultry breeders. The sector 2 industries

http://www.riauterkini.com/sosial.php?arr=21094

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#224 post text:
"The extermination of the poultry in a mass fashion really did not show the interest of humankind in Animal Welfare or welfare of the animal in Jakarta. The chicken was still living was burnt on a large scale ..."

The phrase "Animal Welfare" is only an eufemism to pace on people when they passed the law.

It can't be any "Welfare" when the holder of the welfare would be killed for a meal.
But obviously when such butchering is a real food chain fact, than it must be enforced by a strict law to not allow some "humans" to enjoy in animal torturing and killing, normatived in such "Welfare" laws.

As always seen in history, on the heavy pain of humans and animals, their torturers were never be sensitive, nor they gave them an fast death.
Obviously if the situation was oposite, where they would be the ones to burning in pain, they would never more burned alive any chicken, or other species.

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The Turun case, Pandemik Masih Mengancam
Friday, September 26 2008 Jakarta

Indonesia should not fall asleep faced the threat pandemik or the plague of bird flu (avian influenza/AI). The decline in the case of the spread of the virus that was known with H5N1 from poultry-humankind or from the poultries did not guarantee this country was fully safe from this deadly virus attack. Director Penyakit Hewan Departemen of the Erna Tresnaningsih Health said, the newest report pointed out the amount of humankind that tertular the bird flu virus from early of this year to August 2008 descended. That is, 20 cases and 17 deaths. The decline was significant enough compared to last year that the amount 55 cases with 45 deaths. In the Department of Health note, Indonesia recorded 137 cases of the spread infection from the poultry to humankind. From this number, 112 cases ended in the death since July 2005 when being known that the virus H5N1 evidently spread to humankind.

According to Erna, at this time 12 have from 33 provinces reported the findings of the incident of the bird flu infection. But, seven other provinces already did not report the emergence year round this. Five provinces that up to now are not yet freest from bird flu were West Sumatra, Banten, Jakarta, West Java, and Central Java. ?Alhamdulillah, with the good co-ordination, we could press the growth of the figure tersebut,? he said yesterday. Therefore, he warned that the regional government should not be loose in waging war on the bird flu virus. The co-ordinator the Unit Kontrol Avian Influenza Departemen Field of Agriculture of Muhammad Azhar reported, until this month of the number of poultries that was infected by this virus also descended. However, from 33 provinces of only two that really free from the infection H5N1. That is, the North Moluccas and Gorontalo. The positive matter was nine of the total 31 provinces with the case H5N1 did not have the report on the new case for 2008. Beside the decline news, the Department of Health warned that in accordance with this Deptan data the potential for the endemic occurrence was still being open. (jpnn http://www.padangekspres.co.id/content/view/19451/103/

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Preparedness of the Bird Flu Pandemic through the Program of CSR Jakarta -- 2008-09-24 08:57:00

the Department of the Health asked for the businessman's circle through the Corporate Social Responsibility program (CSR) to begin to make the preparedness plan face the occurrence of the bird flu pandemic in Indonesia. This was caused by the virus of Avian Influenza (H5NI) has headed in highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI-H5NI) that bermutasi spread the virus antarmanusia. The company has 'it was hoped had the clear scenario according to plan national preparedness to face the influenza pandemic', said the Health Minister (Menkes) Siti Fadilah Supari in his speech that was read out by Director General Bina Pelayanan Kefarmasian and the Departemen Medical Instrument of the Kustantinah Health, on Tuesday (23/9). According to Menkes, the socialisation of the control of bird flu for the perpetrators of efforts that were attended by 100 owners of the company was needed, because of the perpetrators of efforts also including the side that will be affected by the impact of the bird flu pandemic. 'Control' efforts 'and the company's preparedness in facing the pandemic was part of the national and global preparedness so as to have to be planned thoroughly and diujicoba neatly', he explained. The Menkes concern was based by the past experience, when the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 happening that caused the death around 50 million people all over the world in a short time. He added, these control efforts could be in part carried out by carrying out the socialisation to the employee and forming the team of the fast movement of the control of bird flu. Moreover, the company better also made the continuity plan if the true pandemic happened. This was carried out that the business activity and efforts could continue to take place although the pandemic happened, he stressed. Menkes admitted, the existence of the poultry for the wider community was very important from the aspect of economics and social. Total investment in poultry livestock breeding reached 35 billion US dollar with the circulation of money reached 30 billion US dollar per the year. The livestock breeding industry also absorbed 10 million manpower. Whereas 'the total poultry reached 1.3 billion tails, where among them was kept behind the house and 30 million households in Indonesia', he exclaimed. Menkes stressed, Indonesia has had the plan for the control of bird flu and preparedness of the influenza pandemic 2006-2008. Several activities that were increased in part, the development of eight regional diagnostic laboratories and produced oseltamivir domestic and developed the based vaccine strain H5NI Indonesia as well as rapid test to detect the bird flu virus to humankind. In the meantime, Vice Chairman Pelaksana Harian Komnas Flu Burung and Preparedness Menghadapi Pandemi Influenza Emil Agustiono said, the compilation of the plan kontingensi to maintain efforts persistence must be compiled together by the perpetrators of efforts and the government. This 'so that the plan that was prepared by the perpetrators' of 'efforts one with the preparedness plan to face the influenza pandemic that has been prepared by the government', eye http://www.republika.co.id/launcher/...2/news_id/4710

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-2, ACTIVITIES SUSPENDED - INDONESIA
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Date: 26 Sep 2008
Source: Jakarta Post
<http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20080926.A04&irec=3>


RI shuts down U.S. medical laboratory
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The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit number 2 (NAMRU-2) laboratory in
Jakarta will be temporarily shut down because it offers "little
benefit" to Indonesia, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said
Thursday [25 Sep 2008].

"They are not allowed to conduct any activities anymore. The term is
suspension, but there are no activities at all now," she was quoted
as saying by Reuters.

Siti, Indonesia's senior-most medical official, said she staunchly
opposed the medical lab and called for its closure, arguing that it
did not benefit national interests and even compromised national security.

Siti said the lab refused to share all of its findings with the host country.

Indonesia and the U.S. ceased negotiations on the future of the lab
in June [2006] after officials and legislators proved unable to agree
whether the lab, active since 1970, should continue its operations in
Indonesia.

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said the temporary closure of the lab
was not contentious as negotiations between the 2 sides were ongoing.

"As long as we are still negotiating a new umbrella agreement for
NAMRU, the termination of activities is no problem," Foreign Ministry
spokesman Teuku Faizasyah told The Jakarta Post by phone from New York.

The halt in activities does not mean the lab will be closed
permanently as the contract with Washington to operate the lab has
not yet terminated, another Indonesian Foreign Ministry official said.

"We still have a contract. Although it was terminated in 2000, then
President Abdurahman Wahid revived it," ministry director general for
relations with America and Europe Retno P. Marsudi said.

The U.S. and Indonesia have yet to resume talks since the June [2008]
negotiations breakdown, she said.

The negotiations were complicated by an international dispute over
how to share crucial bird flu samples.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has said the
quarrel over Indonesia's refusal to share its samples of the H5N1
avian influenza virus with the rest of the world has spilled into the
NAMRU talks.

Siti earlier forbid samples of the virus to be shipped outside of
Indonesia, citing that rich nations and pharmaceutical companies
would benefit by using the samples to develop vaccines that poor
countries would not be able to afford.

Many international observers have said NAMRU is central to
Indonesia's early efforts to track mutations of H5N1, which is feared
may become transmissible among humans with the potential for it to
sweep the world in months and kill millions.

Indonesia has suffered 112 deaths from the virus, making it the
country with the highest death toll.

[Byline: Abdul Khalik]

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Date: 24 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters [edited]
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Indonesia has halted the activities of a U.S. naval medical lab in
Jakarta following a dispute over the terms of a contract, the health
minister said on Thursday [25 Sep 2008].

The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 [NAMRU-2] has been key to
efforts to track bird flu in Indonesia, the country with the most
human deaths from the H5N1 virus.

But a memorandum of understanding allowing the lab to operate in
Jakarta expired 2 years ago and was not renewed, as a dispute arose
over Indonesia's sharing of samples of H5N1 with the rest of the world.

"They are not allowed to do any activities anymore," Health Minister
Siti Fadillah Supari told Reuters by phone. "The term is suspension,
but there are no activities at all now."

Earlier in April [2008], she said the lab was not very beneficial to
Indonesia because it refused to share all its findings with the host country.

Retno Marsudi, Indonesian directorate general for America and Europe
relations, said the contract with Washington to operate the lab had
not been terminated.

A U.S. embassy spokesman in Jakarta declined to comment.

Indonesia ordered hospitals and labs in the country to stop supplying
bird flu samples to the American lab early this year [2008] and now
only reports bird flu cases in humans to the public every 6 months, a
move some scientists say could lead to delays in containing outbreaks
of the disease.

Jakarta has also refused to share bird flu samples, saying it wants
guarantees from richer nations and drug makers that poor countries
would get access to affordable vaccines developed from their samples.

International health experts say it is vital to have access to
samples of the constantly mutating H5N1 virus, which they fear could
change into a form easily transmissible among humans and sweep the
world in months, killing millions of people.

Indonesia has suffered 112 casualties from the virus.

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[From the 2nd newswire above, it is unclear whether all activities of
the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 [NAMRU-2] are suspended or
just the activities surrounding avian influenza virus, albeit the
article in the Jakarta Post seems to strongly suggest that all
activities are presently suspended.

NAMRU-2 has been collaborating with the Indonesian Ministry of
Health, the Indonesian National Institute of Health Research and
Development, and the Indonesian Center for Disease Control. These
joint activities have included collaborative research on diseases of
public health significance and in disaster relief in the wake of the
2004 Sumatra tsunami and the 2005 Central Java earthquake. Research
activities have included the field of emerging infectious diseases,
diarrheal disease morbidity and mortality, with studies to identify
bacterial and viral etiologic agents of acute diarrhea, monitoring
antimicrobial resistance of bacterial agents associated with
diarrhea, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and febrile illnesses,
evaluations of field applicable diagnostic assays, studies on all
components of malaria, vaccine development, vectors, antimalarials,
and, within the field of virology, arboviruses such as dengue,
chikungunya, and Japanese encephalitis, and hemorrhagic fever
viruses, such as hantaviruses, and HIV vaccine development.

NAMRU-2 is collaborating in other countries in Southeast Asia,
including Viet Nam, Laos, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and
Cambodia, and a satellite laboratory was opened in Cambodia to
conduct regional infectious disease outbreak research and diagnostic
laboratory support. In a region with a limited laboratory support
network, its presence has been considered a tremendous asset to the
region. - Mod.MPP] http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f?..._ID:1000,74129

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Lebaran, RSUD Siap Layani Pasien
Thursday, September 25 2008 Padang, Padek --
anticipated the jump of the patient who it was predicted will happen around and post-Lebaran, the Daerah Public Hospital (RSUD) the Padang City carried out the optimisation of the service.

RSUD this mobilised all the medical staff, plus the co-ordination Officially Kesehatan. Moreover, RSUD promised to be opened at 24 hours by spreading out three shiff the guarding. The head of RSUD Kota Padang Iskandar mentioned, in fact preparations that were carried out almost be the same as last year. From the number of medical staff that is the general practitioner, the specialist doctor, to the nurse's power. ?Kita mobilised 12 general practitioners and 15 specialist doctors, to alert in accordance with the distribution shiff. His article, the prediction of the jump of the patient was very susceptible terjadi,? obviously Iskandar to this newspaper, ended was in a meeting plenary DPRD Kota Padang, yesterday. This matter also to anticipate not tertampung him the patient who possibly beforehand went to the Community Health Centre or the Pembantu Community Health Centre (Pustu). So as who, anywhere, and whenever needing the maintenance and the medical service, will be striven for by RSUD. ?Biasanya indeed the patient tended beforehand to the Community Health Centre, but could be the service there limited, so as they in referred to RSUD. Therefore we the stand by,? he stressed. Moreover, Iskandar also claimed to be his side continued to carry out the co-ordination Officially Kesehatan of the City (ET AL) and the Kesehatan Service of the Province, to ?mengawal? the health of the community, especially the City Padang H-7 until H+7 lebaran. Because in this schedule, the illness cycle could susceptible attacked the community. ?Kalau we needed help of the addition of our official immediately will coordinate, so as the patient was not ignored. And usually that often was contracted by the community was asthma and flu,? he added. Touched on preparations for the room of the maintenance, Iskandar explained all space treated inap, and IGD will also be alerted for the schedule before and after lebaran. So as to not have the patient who will be neglected. ?Karena the RSUD location in the region by pass, so that often will come to be the returnees from outside the city, or the community around RSUD,? added Iskandar that was accompanied by his staff. Asked by the matter of the illness that often was contracted by the patient who came to RSUD, of Iskandar named asthma and tuberculosis. However was asked by the matter of the figure, Iskandar did not know precisely the amount. ?Tapi that was clear the community indeed most contracted this illness because of the weather, and the pattern of the life that not all that sehat,? pungkasnya. (li) http://www.padangekspres.co.id/content/view/19296/100/

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from post #228:

However, from 33 provinces of only two that really free from the infection H5N1. That is, the North Moluccas and Gorontalo.

The map below shows the locations of the only two provinces, Maluku Utara and Gorontalo, that are considered free of H5N1 in Indonesia.

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Please post to new General Indonesian News thread at: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81016