Friday, October 28, 2011

Need Fund USD. 3 M Per Year Overcome Bird Flu

Jumat, 28 Oktober 2011

Bali provincial government needs funds reached Rp. 3 Billion dollars per year specifically for bird flu. But so far the Bali provincial government only provides funds reached Rp. 50 million who specialize only in the purchase of disinfectants for spraying or spraying program.

Bali Animal Husbandry Agency head Putu Sumantra keteranganya in Denpasar on Friday (28/10) states basically Bali desperately need help from international agencies for the prevention of bird flu. During this Bali only get help from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) or the global health agency. Assistance in the form of materials and equipment for the rapid test or rapid test, whereas the operational funds are not available

"Actually the cost is also quite high and we've tried to get it, so whatever we seek, and that both materials were used instead of materials that are very simple but the ingredients must truly believed that the cost is quite expensive, "said Putu Sumantra.

Sumantra admitted due to limited funding led to rapid tests can not be done thoroughly, so it had to be done by taking several samples. While targeted to be able to Bali rabies-free by 2015.

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