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On Saturday, March 21 2009
Impact Pandemic Bird Flu in middle Citizens

Several inhabitants of a village raged, because in several of their last weeks did not have economic access. The social life and economics in the village were paralysed, including the world of tourism and art that became the income mainstay of the government and the community. The piece of the film that was turned to the workshop berteme the "Simulation" of the "Pandemi Influenza response", that was spread out in the Batu City not yet for a long time, has shown the impact of the bird flu pandemic in an area that caused the social disorder. The film said that bird flu if has been the status of the pandemic, only did not have an impact on the problem of the health, but also in non-the health.

The activity that was spread out by the Service of Kesehatan East Java by being supported by Unicef, Komnas Pengendalian of Bird Flu and Menghadapi Pandemi Influenza Preparedness (FBPI) that, was followed by the envoy and private enterprise of the government agency.

In the simulation, participants who consisted of the element of the government and private enterprise was divided into several groups in accordance with his task field to identify various possibilities if East Java to exist in the condition for the bird flu pandemic.

In the presentation of the transport group, the telecommunications and tourism that were presented by Endah showed, an area will be chaotic because all the sectors were affected by his impact. "Economic access was disrupted because of the restriction" on the "social interaction happening, the restriction" on the "distribution" of the "thing, and the service as well as the disturbance" of the "business world," Endah words. If the bird flu pandemic happening, then the government will restrict the community in order to not go out of the house so as to not have the activity of economics. Moreover if the area must be isolated, then will not be food supplies from outside.

"In the situation like that, the situation will happen was uncertain in the community." The community will fight for the foodstuff so as to have to involve Republic of Indonesia State Police and TNI apparatus, said Hendy, from the speaker's group with the theme of the defence and the security. Therefore, he said, in the situation like that, needed the existence of efficiency in all the fields, including the utilisation of the foodstuff outside the rice to guarantee continue to the fulfilment of the requirement for the community's food. Vice Chairman Pelaksana Harian FBPI, Emil Agustiono, also proposed that the bird flu pandemic was indeed very influential in various aspects. "All of the community's services will be paralysed." Nevertheless, we were not possible to be able to overcome 100 percent impact, but we could reduce his impact, he said.

The deputy the Kesra Co-ordinating Minister, suggested that in handling this problem needed the co-ordination that was good from all the available sides in an affected area the bird flu pandemic. Therefore, according to him, at this time was very urgent to be formed by the FBPI regional committee so that if the bird flu pandemic happening immediately could be taken by the step that spread everywhere by involving all the components in various sectors of the government, private enterprise, and the community.

He suggested, because the deadly virus came from the poultry, then the regional government preferably made the regional regulation about poultry breeding. Through the Regional Regulations could be arranged by the poultry traffic that went out entered his area. "With the Regional Regulations existence could be arranged so that the poultry that was sent to the other area really free from the illness, including the poultry that entered his area," he said.

Moreover, he said, also must be prevented so that the poultry does not leave an area beyond the port was unofficial. If through the port was unofficial, then the poultry that contained the illness will not be monitored. "Indeed was not easy to make the Regional Regulations because of must have the agreement between the government and the people through his delegation in DPRD," he said.

About the simulation workshop of the handling of this influenza pandemic, said Emil, that was one of the efforts to ask all the elements of the community in order to be on the alert faced the possibility of the bird flu pandemic. Moreover, he said, the cycle of the bird flu pandemic happened between 20 and 40 years. In accordance with the note, the influenza pandemic the first time happened the year 1918-1919 by the name of Spanish flu that caused the death 40 million as far as 50 million people.

Afterwards, 37 years afterwards emerged Asian flu, that is during 1957 that claimed fatalities of two million until four million people and afterwards Hong Kongese flu emerged 1968 with casualties 1 million people. By seeing the pandemic cycle, then did not close the possibility of the pandemic of happening in these years. "To readiness this, Komnas FBPI will carry out the skills exercise comprehensively to deal with the spread" of "inter-island bird flu in East Java with involved TNI Al, TNI AD, Dinas Kesehatan and other in May 2009 in Surabaya and the Madura Strait," he said. While Unicef Perwakilan East Java and NTB also placed the interest in handling efforts if the bird flu pandemic in East Java by carrying out the socialisation and the simulation happening.

The "socialisation activity and the simulation this 2009 we budget for around 300 thousand US dollar in order to protects children from the danger of the influenza virus," Delegation's headword of Unicef Perwakilan East Java and NTB, Sinung D. Kristanto. According to him, last year his side also held the simulation activity by the fund that hamir same. The area that became the focus of attention was Tulungagung, Kabupaten and Kediri as well as the Regency and the Mojokerto City. "This has because of the five areas had the case" of "bird flu that fell on humankind." We gave the training to teachers, the organisation of the woman but also involved the artist, namely Kartolo that was asked to make the 'aphorism' (the Javanese language song) with the message of influenza of the problem, he said.

He proposed, his side gave attention in the problem because the community's Indonesian culture still often was leaving children playful with the poultry without having the protection. "We informed so that children avoid the poultry and always wash the hands with soap." We also reported that the soapy water could be made the material to clean the poultry pen, he said. Moreover, he said, the data showed that from 119 bird flu sufferers in Indonesia that died, 60 to 70 percent him was children. "Since 2005, the case" of "bird flu in Indonesia totalling 145 cases and that died 119 people," he said. (fay,an)