Indonesia: Disease 'Zoonosis' The Threat

[Indonesia has tracked H5N1 outbreaks for years now. This article, and the preceeding article, must be talking about a combination strain of the both of them combining.]

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"Public health infrastructure must be prepared to anticipate the possibility of extraordinary events diseases like this," he said.

Keberadaan sistem intelijen epidemi, juga sangat penting untuk mendeteksi secara cepat kemunculan zoonosis yang berpotensi menimbulkan wabah penyakit dan pandemi.

The existence of an epidemic intelligence system, is also very important to quickly detect the emergence of a potentially zoonotic diseases and pandemic outbreaks.

Kepala Pusat Komunikasi Publik Kementerian Kesehatan Indonesia, Tritarayati mengatakan, pemerintah Indonesia telah mempunyai sistem pengendalian penyakit zoonosis.

Head of Public Communication Center of Health Ministry of Indonesia, Tritarayati said, the Indonesian government has had a zoonotic disease control system.

Pemerintah, kata dia, berencana membentuk komite yang khusus menangani pengendalian penyakit zoonosis.

The government, he said, plans to form a special committee dealing with zoonotic disease control.

"Tapi zoonosis memang belum menjadi prioritas utama. Prioritas utama pemerintah masih pada pengendalian penyakit menular yang prevalensinya tinggi dan dampaknya besar seperti DBD, tuberkulosis, malaria, dan HIV," katanya.

"But zoonoses are not a top priority. The main priority of government is still in control of infectious diseases and high prevalence of major impact such as dengue, tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV," he said.