Ministry of Health at this time is designing a development of research facility and production technology change of avian influenza for human. This project was a real step to anticipate a threat of communicable disease in general and influenza pandemic in specific through the provision of avian influenza vaccine. This vaccine can be verify for vaccine production in controlling AH1N1 influenza or more popular as swine flu.

This project was focused in two places, they are : Surabaya Airlangga University for preparing seed vaccine and Level-3 Bio safety (BSL 3) and PT.Biofarma Bandung for Chicken Breeding, production facility of industry scale vaccine It was said by Ministry of Health, Dr. dr. Siti Fadilah Supari, Sp. JP(K) when opening National Meeting of Evaluation and Program of Disease Control and Environmental Health which was attended by 200 participants from MOH, selected Province Health Office and the chef of Integrated Service Unit (the 48 chef of Port Health Office, 10 chef of BBTKL-PPM and Director of Sulianti Saroso Infected Disease Hospital), Sunday night, May 10, 2009 in Bandung. According to Minister of Health, to control avian influenza and anticipated it not to enter to Indonesia , MOH had determined some policies and strategies to eliminate or control problem and challenge of Multiple Burden Diseases. Other policies are: � To stabilize knowledge and understanding of all stake holders of developer towards health development values, that are, side with community, fast and accurate, team work, high integrity, transparent and accountable in doing any activities including project implementation. � To stabilize 4 grand strategies as Health Development pillar including disease control and environmental health such as : to move and empower community to live healthy, to improve community access towards a quality health service, to improve surveillance system, to monitor health information system and to improve health budgeting. � Capacity and Competency Building signed by organization structures between DG of non communicable disease, the class improving of Technical Implementation Unit (UPT), Dg of DC&EH, such as :7 Port Health Office (KKP) become first and fourth class of Environmental Health Technical Unit and Disease Control and Prevention (BTKL-PPM) become a big unit. Besides those challenges, Minister of Health added that various succeed has been achieved in health development which is signed by the decreasing of Infant Mortality Rate (IMPR) from 35 become 26,9 per 1000 life birth, mother mortality rate ( MMR ) from 307 become 228 per 100.000 life birth, under five mal nutrition from 25.8% and the increasing of life expectancy from 66.2 become 70.6. Those succeed of government success by all components, whether in central or local especially in health provider as a main point who gives a direct service to community, said minister. In her speech, Minister of Health hoped that all stake holders who were involved whether directly or indirectly can do this activity by noticing process and performance result of the previous years as evidence based and lessons learnt for the next planning and implementation. Besides that, identification of center and local resource through planning and implementation of integrated and comprehensive activity. Try and develop a cooperative activity by empowering all stake holders including community and private. Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, DG of DC & EH in his report said that disease control and environmental health which had done, still had important agenda: keep a succeed activity and coverage, or eliminate some problems or minus such as double burden that is infectious disease problem that have not been finished yet, including the come out of re and new-emerging diseases like H1N1 A Influenza (strain Mexico). Besides that, non infectious disease such as coronary, degenerative and cancer with a relative high mortality and morbidity rate so that it needs an immediate attention and control This information is released by Center for Public Communication, Secretariat General MOHRI. For queries, please call: 021-5290 7416-9 and 52921669, or send e-mail to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .