Govt awards WHO's SE Asia director

Govt awards WHO's SE Asia director

JAKARTA: The government conferred on Wednesday the Satya
Lencana Wirakarya medal on the World Health Organization (WHO)
director for Southeast Asia, Uton Muchtar Rafei.

The award, the highest in the health sector, was presented by
Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla. Also
attending the presentation was Minister of Health Ahmad Sujudi.

"Pak Uton deserves the award because he has rendered many
services to Indonesia by developing the health sector in and
outside the country," said Kalla.

Kalla added WHO had supported many of the country's health
programs, including improvement of basic health services and
eradication of communicable diseases.

Uton has many awards under his belt, including the Ksatria
Bakti Husada Aditya medal from the Ministry of Health and the
Garuda Nugraha Wibawa from the National Defense Institute. He has
also has received awards from overseas, including India, Sri
Lanka, South Korea, Thailand and Bangladesh. -- JP