Indonesia must establish a strong public health system (to prepare) for a possible epidemic in future, as currently, we have no existing disease control system in place
Jakarta – Epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia (UI) Dr Pandu Riono has prompted the federal government to establish a public health and disease control firm to prepare the country against any epidemic in future.
” We ought to develop a company specialised in illness control that is directly accountable to the president, and it needs to become part of the federal government,” Riono specified here, Monday.
The nationwide disease control agency should be formed through legislation and government guideline to mark the agency’s functions and financial obligation, he verified.
” Indonesia ought to establish a strong public health system (to prepare) for a possible epidemic in future, as currently, we have no existing illness control system in place,” he noted.
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Riono notified that the present COVID-19 Managing and National Economy Healing Committee (KPC-PEN) was merely an ad-hoc organization, with the sole function of stemming the transmission of COVID-19 and mitigating its economic impacts.
” If the disease control agency is formed simply as an ad-hoc committee, then it will dissolve as soon as the pandemic is over, and the pandemic control experience and understanding would be squandered,” he noted.
Riono mentioned that a number of nations had actually developed a public health and disease control company, such as the United States, with its Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC), and China that had established the Chinese Center for Illness Control and Avoidance (CCDC).
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With a recognized illness control agency, those nations are more prepared to face any pandemics, including COVID-19, he included.
” Those nations with an established illness control agency are more prepared to react to the pandemic, as they already have a disease control system in place,” Riono stated.
Riono likewise prompted the federal government to encourage relevant ministries and institutions to improve and integrate their illness control system for any possible epidemic in future.
” We have actually seen this pandemic changes our way of life and healthcare system. Perhaps another pandemic in future is closer than we believed,” he mentioned.
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