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GLOBAL FUND HELPS ERADICATE MALARIA IN BABEL PROVINCE
Pangkalpinang, Sept 19 (ANTARA)- Global Fund, a foreign organization is helping eradicate malaria in Bangka Belitung (Babel) province by donating funds for counseling, medicines dissemination and distribution activities, a local official said here Friday.
Head of the Babel Health Agency Hendra Kusumajaya said the assistance had been given in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
"The province is a malaria endemic area with many deaths," he said.
The government agency has cooperated with the Bogor Institute of Agriculture in raising the people's awareness of clean a environment and in eradicating the breeding spots of mosquitos.
"People need to know how to prevent and spread of malaria, as many malaria cases were mostly caused by ignorance," he said.
UNICEF, the UN children's fund also donate mosquito nets, and the KNCV, a professional tuberculosis foundation in The Netherlands, had given support to tuberculosis eradication in Indonesia for five years.
Hendra said the international and foreign assistance were still needed to prevent and overcome the more serious diseases like HIV/AIDS.
"The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Babel has been increasing. Most of them are financially weak and need low-cost or free treatment," he said.
The agency also urged the National Development Planning Board to include Babel on its list of health program recipients funded by international organizations like the WHO, or from the United States and Japan in 2009.
Head of the Babel Health Agency Hendra Kusumajaya said the assistance had been given in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
"The province is a malaria endemic area with many deaths," he said.
The government agency has cooperated with the Bogor Institute of Agriculture in raising the people's awareness of clean a environment and in eradicating the breeding spots of mosquitos.
"People need to know how to prevent and spread of malaria, as many malaria cases were mostly caused by ignorance," he said.
UNICEF, the UN children's fund also donate mosquito nets, and the KNCV, a professional tuberculosis foundation in The Netherlands, had given support to tuberculosis eradication in Indonesia for five years.
Hendra said the international and foreign assistance were still needed to prevent and overcome the more serious diseases like HIV/AIDS.
"The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Babel has been increasing. Most of them are financially weak and need low-cost or free treatment," he said.
The agency also urged the National Development Planning Board to include Babel on its list of health program recipients funded by international organizations like the WHO, or from the United States and Japan in 2009.
