Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09JAKARTA477
2009-03-17 10:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
INDONESIA - NON-REPORTING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND
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UNCLAS JAKARTA 000477
SIPDIS
UNCLASSIFIED
DEPT FOR EAP/MTS, G/OES/IHA/AIAG, EAP/EX
USAID FOR ANE/CLEMENTS AND GH/CARROLL
DEPT ALSO PASS TO HHS FOR ACTING SECRETARY
GENEVA FOR WHO/HOHMAN
USDA/FAS/OSTA BRANT, ROSENBLUM
USDA/APHIS ANNELLI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
SUBJECT: INDONESIA - NON-REPORTING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
Ref: Jakarta 398
UNCLAS JAKARTA 000477
SIPDIS
UNCLASSIFIED
DEPT FOR EAP/MTS, G/OES/IHA/AIAG, EAP/EX
USAID FOR ANE/CLEMENTS AND GH/CARROLL
DEPT ALSO PASS TO HHS FOR ACTING SECRETARY
GENEVA FOR WHO/HOHMAN
USDA/FAS/OSTA BRANT, ROSENBLUM
USDA/APHIS ANNELLI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
SUBJECT: INDONESIA - NON-REPORTING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
Ref: Jakarta 398
1. (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4.
2. (SBU) Indonesia has not officially confirmed any cases of human
H5N1 infection since January 22, 2009, despite numerous reports of
human avian influenza cases. One March 3 press report quoted Bayu
Krisnamurthi, Chief Executive of the National Committee for Avian
Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness, announcing four AI
cases in Bogor, West Java, and Surabaya. In addition, EMBASSY
contacts at one of two laboratories capable of confirming H5N1 cases
(please protect) state that they have had seventeen samples test
positive this year. Neither the Ministry of Health (MOH) nor the
World Health Organization (WHO) publicly reported these cases. Our
sources could not confirm how many of these 17 cases were reported
to the WHO.
3. (SBU) In a March 12 meeting, WHO country office (WRO) staff
stated that the Ministry of Health is reporting H5N1 cases to them
on a timely basis (they did not confirm how many cases). WRO staff
added, however, that they have an agreement with the Ministry of
Health not to share the information with other Member States until
the Ministry of Health publicly announces the cases. Furthermore,
WRO staff noted that the WHO does not consider H5N1 case reports to
be Public Health Events of International Concern (PHEICs) subject to
mandatory public announcement under International Health Regulations
(IHR).
4. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: EMBASSY Jakarta believes that the
international community requires timely, reliable, and precise
reporting of H5N1 within the IHR to respond appropriately to H5N1
events and to provide an accurate barometer of the scope and
location of the problem. Post recommends that the Department work
with other WHO Member States and the WHO Secretariat to clarify
whether a human H5N1 case is a PHEIC in order to ensure consistent
and correct reporting of new avian influenza cases.
HUME
SIPDIS
UNCLASSIFIED
DEPT FOR EAP/MTS, G/OES/IHA/AIAG, EAP/EX
USAID FOR ANE/CLEMENTS AND GH/CARROLL
DEPT ALSO PASS TO HHS FOR ACTING SECRETARY
GENEVA FOR WHO/HOHMAN
USDA/FAS/OSTA BRANT, ROSENBLUM
USDA/APHIS ANNELLI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
SUBJECT: INDONESIA - NON-REPORTING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA AND
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
Ref: Jakarta 398
1. (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4.
2. (SBU) Indonesia has not officially confirmed any cases of human
H5N1 infection since January 22, 2009, despite numerous reports of
human avian influenza cases. One March 3 press report quoted Bayu
Krisnamurthi, Chief Executive of the National Committee for Avian
Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness, announcing four AI
cases in Bogor, West Java, and Surabaya. In addition, EMBASSY
contacts at one of two laboratories capable of confirming H5N1 cases
(please protect) state that they have had seventeen samples test
positive this year. Neither the Ministry of Health (MOH) nor the
World Health Organization (WHO) publicly reported these cases. Our
sources could not confirm how many of these 17 cases were reported
to the WHO.
3. (SBU) In a March 12 meeting, WHO country office (WRO) staff
stated that the Ministry of Health is reporting H5N1 cases to them
on a timely basis (they did not confirm how many cases). WRO staff
added, however, that they have an agreement with the Ministry of
Health not to share the information with other Member States until
the Ministry of Health publicly announces the cases. Furthermore,
WRO staff noted that the WHO does not consider H5N1 case reports to
be Public Health Events of International Concern (PHEICs) subject to
mandatory public announcement under International Health Regulations
(IHR).
4. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: EMBASSY Jakarta believes that the
international community requires timely, reliable, and precise
reporting of H5N1 within the IHR to respond appropriately to H5N1
events and to provide an accurate barometer of the scope and
location of the problem. Post recommends that the Department work
with other WHO Member States and the WHO Secretariat to clarify
whether a human H5N1 case is a PHEIC in order to ensure consistent
and correct reporting of new avian influenza cases.
HUME