Polio cases in RI down 97 percent<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Polio in Indonesia over the past five years has
\nsuccessfully been decreased by 97 percent from 773 cases in 1998
\nto 23 reported cases in 1999, said the head of the Central Java
\nhealth office, Krishnajaya.<\/p>\n
"In Central Java, for example, polio was last found in Cilacap
\nregency in 1995," Krishnajaya said in Semarang on Thursday.<\/p>\n
She said, polio (Poliomylelitus acuta) which affects children
\nbelow the age of 15, was caused by the polio virus, which causes
\nfever, weakness and sometimes permanent paralysis.<\/p>\n
The virus, which spreads via human feces, stays only a short
\ntime in the human intestines, so there are no chronic sufferers
\nor polio carriers, she said.<\/p>\n
According to Krishnajaya, the fight against polio has been
\ncarried out through routine immunization, Surveillance of Acute
\nFlaccid Paralysis (S-AFP) and increased levels of hygiene and
\nsanitation.<\/p>\n
Krishnajaya said that if acute polio cases could be eliminated
\nand suppression of the wild polio virus achieved and maintained
\nfor three consecutive years, Indonesia would receive
\ncertification for being polio free from the World Health
\nOrganization (WHO).<\/p>\n
"If those conditions are met and maintained throughout the
\nwhole country, then polio immunization will no longer be needed,"
\nshe said.--Antara<\/p>",
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