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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The epidemiologist at Griffith University in Australia, Dicky Budiman, responded to an invitation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Minister of Health (Menkes) Terawan Agus Putranto to attend a joint press conference.
He considered that the invitation was due to Indonesia’s success in its implementation. review intra-actionintra-action review/ IAR) Covid-19.
“If you look at the content of the letter, there is no statement of Indonesia’s success in controlling the pandemic. It only recognizes Indonesia’s success in conducting IAR activities,” Dicky said when confirmed. Kompas.com, Friday (11/6/2020).
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Dicky explained that the IAR activity is a monitoring and evaluation mechanism related to one of the pillars of the 2005 revised international health regulations (IHR).
The objective is for each country to know the achievements and deficiencies in controlling its pandemic.
“So the invitation to the press conference is not in the sense of acknowledging Indonesia’s success in controlling its pandemic, but rather thanking it for having carried out the IAR review activity that was deemed ‘successful’,” Dicky said.
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Furthermore, he revealed that IAR’s goal is not only to experience success, but also to experience challenges, obstacles, or failures in dealing with Covid-19.
“Going forward, the IAR results will reflect the actions that are being taken to prepare for and respond to the Covid-19 outbreak at the national level, to identify current best practices, gaps, problems and lessons,” said Dicky.
“Also to propose corrective actions in order to improve and strengthen a sustainable response in the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, IAR’s findings and recommendations can contribute to improving emergency management,” he said.
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Ideally, Dicky said, countries that have successfully handled the Covid-19 pandemic such as Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, China, Vietnam can report their IAR results as lessons learned for other countries.
“But of course it will also be useful to see the IAR results from a country that is still struggling like Indonesia. So that experts can discover future challenges and recommendations,” he said.
Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto will reportedly speak about managing the Covid-19 pandemic at a virtual press conference with the WHO on Friday afternoon (11/6/2020).
The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has confirmed this by distributing invitations to virtual press conferences to the media. The press conference was held at 11 a.m. Geneva time or 5 p.m. WIB.
In the invitation, Health Minister Terawan will join three other health ministers, each from Thailand, Uzbekistan and South Africa.
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In its letter, the WHO asked Terawan to share “the experiences of Indonesia that have successfully implemented the use of IAR Covid-19 at the national level.”
Terawan was also asked to share “important lessons learned during the IAR implementation in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.”
IAR Covid-19 is a species tool evaluation and monitoring in the management of Covid-19.
At the IAR Covid-19 Indonesia, for example, you will see which ones have been implemented, which ones still need development, and which ones have not been implemented by Indonesia at all.
In its letter, the WHO also wants Terawan to share “important lessons learned from countries that are considered successful in reopening community activities and mitigating the increased impact of Covid-19.”
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Meanwhile, in an official statement from the Ministry of Health, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is also scheduled to join the agenda.
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Oscar Primadi, said that the WHO assessed that the management of Covid-19 in Indonesia was in accordance with guide which has been established by the International Committee on Emergencies (2005) last July.
This has also referred to the committee’s intra-action review (IAR).
“The purpose of the press conference is as a form of correction and greater response to the management of Covid-19 both at the national and sub-national levels through the implementation of an intra-action review,” Oscar was quoted as saying in a statement from the Ministry. Health on Friday.
