On 4 January 2010, Humaniatarian Forum Indonesia worked with Muhammadiyah Avian Influenza Virus Reduction Centre to hold a training workshop on prevention of spreading avian influenza virus (H5NI) pandemic on Manis Jaya, small village located at 132 km north west, Banten Province.
Manis Jaya, is situated in the middle of industrial territory, where many manufacturers having premises. The residential parts of Manis Jaya are crowded with both small houses and apartments packed tightly in slums.
As is the case for much of the Indonesian population Manis Jaya civilians live in an industrial zone, working in factories as laborers for very low pay. Consequently, factories have a vital role to generates economic turnover of civilian in that place.
On the one hand, factories can be angels for saving civilian life, but on the other hand, thay are triggers of environment contamination that can produce many sources of diseases - infectious and otherwise. Wastes disposal through river, canal and gutter, smoke plumes from factory chimneys are evidence of the impact of factories on human life on that place.
As is common in Indonesian urban life, Manis Jaya civilians generally haven’t had high standards of sanitation. Also, they don't have adequate drainage for household waste. Based on local government data released at October 2009, 16 people were infected by dengue fever, and 3 others by avian influenza between January-September 2009.
Because of this, Manis Jaya considered as a vulnerable territory for spreading of infectious diseases such as dengue fever, Avian Influenza H5N1, swine Influenza (H1N1), and many others. Therefore, all possible prevention actions to avoid the massive transmission of pandemic diseases by building the resilience of civilians at grass root level are extremely necessary.
More than 50 people took part in this one day workshop, which addressed these issues.
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