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Govtfocuseson climate-related
health
Changing temperatures
and precipitatiob might also
incleaseoutbr€akaof diseases
he government is sensitive to the climate,
launching a campaign such as malaria, dengue,
to prctect and seflue malnutrition and dianhea,
datural rcsources,Euch aE she!aid.
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"That'E why effolts io
is Eeriouslyatrectidg lndone- implove basic sanitation
sians'healthand is a burden facilities ar€ deededid dealon the national health system. ing with immediate and
Health Minister Siti !bdi- fu turc health consequences,"
lah Supari, sp€akingduring a
Coordrnating Minister for
World Health Day evcnt bel€ People's Wellare Aburizal
Sundqy,said," cLimatechsnge Bakrie call€d for more
is directly and indtu€ctly prc- rcsponsible use oI diminishfoundly affecting peopieb ing watersupplies.

health.th€lr ar€ morediseas€ . "Th€ availability of clean
outbr€aksand other problems water supplies could prevent
due to the imbalaDc.of the infectiousdiseases
and secuE
foodpmduction,"he said.
Siti said the changingcliTh€ govemm€nt's World
matewouldcausenaturaldis- Health Day them€was"ProaEt€rs,such as heal waves, tecting Health from Climate
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Change",in line with the
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global campaign carried out
by the worLd Health Organi'
zation (wHO).
The WHO repEsentative for
Indonesia,Stephan Pau.lJosl,
said it was time to put healtl
at th€ heart of the climate
changeag€ndaand imptement
stmtegies to limil healtb

effects and advocate actions
that would benefit health.
He ssid manv poteniiat
health problems could bc controlled through health syslem
intervenlions, ineluding dis'
ease sur.'/eillanca, disaster
preparcdness and primary
A fomer United Nations
anbassado! for the Millennium Development Goals, Ema
Witoelar, said Indonesia
should locus on the improvement of basic sanitation facilities in o.der to pmtect health

Imn climate change.
"Improved sanitation is the
answer for climate-related
bealth problems.Diseasesa!€
jusl the outcomc of poo. sanitation facilin6,'she told ?he
Erna said many people
looked do*'n on th€sanitation
sector She said out of lh.

2,200 schools in Grcatcr
Jakarla,lessthar half oI them
had adequatetoilets
"Some schools don'l har€
toilets. and the ones that do
arcn't providcd *irh water,
Ema also expr€ssed concem the investment lor !ani"The money invest€d in the
sanitation sector in the country is only US$2? mitlion oui
of the $600million neededpcr
yea.,"she said. {dia)

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