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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
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Indonesia, Singapore to Carry Out Bird Flu Pilot Project
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The governments of Indonesia and Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for carry out a pilot project for bird flu control in Tangerang, Banten.
The MoU was signed by Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare, Aburizal Bakrie, and Singapore's Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, today (9/5) at the Coordinating Ministry of the People's Welfare office, Jakarta.
In his opening speech, Khaw said that health problems in Indonesia can become problems in Singapore quickly and vice versa.
The reason for this is Singapore being near to Indonesia geographically.
“In addition, bird flu is more dangerous than SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome),” he said.
Khaw explained that the pilot project in Tangerang will focus on the strategy of monitoring humans and fowls as well as treatment of infected patients.
The cooperation will also be carried out in prevention of animal diseases, including husbandry system restructuring.
In addition, the Singaporean and Indonesian governments will help increase joint human resources capacity.
Aburizal Bakrie said that this cooperation began at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting in Bussan, South Korea, in November, 2005.
At that time, leaders from three countries, Indonesia, Singapore and United States, agreed to make a pilot project of bird flu prevention and control in Indonesia.
“In the first stage, the project will be carried out between Singapore and Indonesia while the technical cooperation with US is in the preparation stage,” he said.
The pilot project, said Aburizal, is very important to Indonesia.
The government can learn about effective bird flu prevention and control.
“If successful, the project will be adopted in other regions of Indonesia,” he said.
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Labels: Health, Indonesia, Internet News
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posted by ojack_djakarta
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