Indonesia: child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133

STORY: Indonesia: child deaths from acute kidney injury rise to 133 DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference and data 2. various of medicine warehouse 3. various of children in schools and hospitals 4. various of pharmacy STORYLINE: Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Friday said the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury rose to 133 from the previously reported 99. Sadikin said the deaths were among a total of 241 cases reported in 22 provinces since January, adding that most patients were children under the age of six. The minister said laboratory tests concluded that there were compounds of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol in the children's blood. Authorities have found 102 types of syrup the children were consuming at home, details of which will be announced soon. Meanwhile, on Thursday, Indonesia's food and drug regulatory agency BPOM announced five types of syrups produced by three

Indonesia urges expanding global manufacturing, research hubs for future pandemic

STORY: Indonesia urges expanding global manufacturing, research hubs for future pandemic DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: BALI, Indonesia CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting and the participants 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BUDI GUNADI SADIKIN, Indonesian Health Minister STORYLINE: Indonesia calls on members of G20 countries to expand global health manufacturing and research hubs as part of efforts to strengthen the global health architecture. Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin conveyed the message on Monday during the opening of the third G20 Health Working Group Meeting in Bali. SOUNDBITE (English): BUDI GUNADI SADIKIN, Indonesian Health Minister "I do hope that after this meeting, we can have a concrete agreement on how can we redistribute the global capacity for research and manufacturing, for therapeutics, diagnostic, and vaccines for the next pandemic. Whenever it happens, we are ready." The G20 host country emphasized that a pandemic can emerge anywhere.

Indonesia predicts peak cases of COVID-19 Omicron BA.4, BA.5 in July: health minister

STORY: Indonesia predicts peak cases of COVID-19 Omicron BA.4, BA.5 in July: health minister DATELINE: June 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of booster vaccination 2. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): BUDI GUNADI SADIKIN, Indonesian Health Minister (Courtesy of BPMI) STORYLINE: The Indonesian government has predicted that peak cases of COVID-19 Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in the country will take place in July, a month after the first case was detected, based on its experience in dealing with previous waves of transmission, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin said Monday. SOUNDBITE (Bahasa Indonesia): BUDI GUNADI SADIKIN, Indonesian Health Minister "Therefore, we may see the peak of the BA.4 and BA.5 cases in the second or third week of July. The peak may not be high if we are well-prepared, including with the boosters." The southeast Asian country has confirmed eight patients with these subvariants, including three imported cases. The other five were