Beware, Measles Diseases Threatening

Measles Diseases Threatening - Compared with 10 years ago, routine immunization coverage of several that must be given appropriate government programs tend to decrease. This resulted in a number of infectious diseases in infants, such as measles, is not resolved and still threatens infants who are not immunized.

Some areas do not yet optimal immunization, with coverage of less than 90 percent in 2008. For measles immunization in Papua, for example, only covered 60.7 percent, 77.6 percent of West Sulawesi and East Nusa Tenggara 74.2 percent. Measles is a disease marked by high fever and a rash. This disease in the world to kill one of the 1,000 cases of infection.

Not achieving the target of immunization to include all infants, in some areas, partly due to the still limited public understanding of immunization even wrong, especially in urban areas. As in rural areas because of lack of infrastructure and lack of healthy way of life.

"The success of immunization programs depends on the readiness of health workers, the level of public awareness, and tools to ensure the effectiveness of the vaccine," said Director General of Disease Control & Environmental Health Department Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Saturday (5/9) in Jakarta.

Five mandatory immunization

Immunization efforts in Indonesia have been conducted since the 1970s in infants and children. According the government's immunization program, there are five types of immunizations must be given to infants aged 0-11 months, namely polio, BCG, hepatitis B, DPT, and measles.

As for the recommended immunizations is MMR, Hib, typhoid, hepatitis A, varicella, PPV, and pneumococcal (IPD).

Some of the benefits of immunization are required to be given that include hepatitis B vaccine prevents infection with hepatitis B, BCG vaccine to prevent severe tuberculosis, DPT vaccine to prevent diphtheria, whooping cough (pertussis) and tetanus. The polio vaccine to prevent polio.

However, immunization coverage must be given the decline in recent years compared with 10 last year. For example, DPT immunization coverage nationally in 1997 reached 100 percent or more, whereas in 2008 the coverage fell to 91.6 percent. With the goal of immunization in infants of about 5 million children, this means that there are approximately 420,000 babies are not getting the DPT vaccine.

This condition causes a number of infectious diseases in children under five can not be resolved until there is no longer the case. For example, the number of measles cases in 2007 totaled 18,488 people. Polio emerged in 2005 after being found since 1995 despite successfully eliminated after the national immunization.

Preventing infection

Immunization is fundamental to give to each child. "The future of the child is determined at this time. Therefore, one of the 2015 Millennium Development Goals is to reduce infant mortality and child mortality, combat infectious diseases, "said Chairman of the Indonesian Pediatric Association (IDAI) Bagriul Hegar.

So far, the deaths of children under the age of one year in Indonesia is very high. According to the Demographic and Health Survey of Indonesia, in 2007 infant mortality rate was 34 per 1,000 live births. "The infant mortality rate in Indonesia, the highest among ASEAN countries," said Sri Rezeki S Hadinegoro, Chairman of the Task Force on Immunization IDAI.

About 75 percent of infant deaths under the age of 1 year due to acute respiratory infections (ARI), perinatal complications (infants aged 0-28 days), and diarrhea. Therefore, efforts to overcome the third-leading cause of morbidity and mortality must take precedence. Many ARI-related illnesses can be prevented by immunization, including measles, pertussis, Hib, and pneumococcal.

Immunization also prevents the diseases in the future. For example, hepatitis B in infants can prevent liver cancer in the productive age. Because 90 percent of babies born to mothers with hepatitis B infection will be infected with the virus, 95 percent of them develop into chronic liver disease and cancer.

"Giving the vaccine to protect children from infectious diseases that attack can cause death and disability. Immunization stimulates the body's immunological system to form specific antibodies that can protect the body against disease, "said Sri Rezeki.

Advantages vaccine can be felt individually, socially, and support the national health system. If a child has been vaccinated, 80-95 percent will be spared from the disease. This is the chain of disease transmission from children to other children or adults who live together, lowering the cost of treatment and hospital care, to prevent death and disability for life.

Immunization, Shield of Child Illness

Immunization, Shield of Child Illness - Prevention is the key to good health. In fact, prevention is better than cure. One of the best ways to protect children and families from the disease is by immunization.

Immunization basically aims to stimulate the immune response without causing disease. Some infectious diseases such as measles, tetanus, polio, or hepatitis can be prevented by immunization. Although not all of these life-threatening infectious diseases, some diseases can cause disability.

Techniques of the immunization is usually done with a weakened virus or bacteria that cause disease and awarded to a person by way of injected or swallowed. Once the germs enter the body, the body will be stimulated to fight the disease by forming antibodies. Furthermore, antibodies that will continue to exist in the body of people who have been immunized against the disease and then trying to attack.

Since its use is widespread in the 20th century, immunization has prevented millions of deaths in the world. Nevertheless, still many people who do not want to be immunized. One reason is concern about safety and side effects of vaccines.

According to Prof. dr IGN Gde Ranuh, SpA (K), concerns about vaccine safety that arise from incorrect information. "People are often more concerned about vaccine side effects, such as fever or stiff, rather than the disease. In fact, complications of the disease can cause disability and even death," he said in a media conference on the sidelines of the National Symposium on Immunization to-2 that held by the Indonesian Pediatric Association (IDAI) in Jakarta on Friday (19/11/2010).

Side effects of immunization can be caused by factors that are less noticed storage cold chain system (cold chain) and by injections. "In the vaccine also contained additional material to prevent contamination and enhance the immune response. Therefore, the vaccine should be injected into the muscle so as not to cause swelling," said Prof. Dr. Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, SpA (K), Chairman of the Task Force IDAI Immunization, in equal opportunities.

Regarding the mild fever that arise after the immunization, according to Sri case it is a normal reaction as when forming part of the body's immune reaction. It is too individualistic.

Several types of disease are ELIMINATED by successful immunization, such as smallpox or polio. However, according to Sri, immunization is still necessary. Although the illness is gone, germs that cause diseases still exist and can attack those who are not protected by vaccination.

"The threat of disease is ongoing. Especially now that this world has no limits, everyone could travel to anywhere. This could lead to contacts with other people who unknowingly carry the disease," he said.

Which must be observed is immunization does not guarantee a person will be relieved 100 percent of the disease. Current immunizations given successfully stimulate the body to form antibodies to 99 percent. Therefore, if only the children are still exposed to the disease, the illness will be milder and not endanger the life.

Healthy Tips for Eating Meat

Healthy Tips for Eating Meat - Many of us who still believe that red meat such as beef, lamb, or pork, is one of the biggest causes of heart disease. In fact, if the meat is selected and processed correctly, we can reduce levels of saturated fat in it, avoiding early wrinkles, clogged arteries, and also increased cholesterol. Here's how:

1. Choose the best. If you want to buy meat, choose a fresh, new, and has the lowest fat content.

2. Without fat. As a buyer, you can ask for lean meat chosen to the seller. Usually in big supermarkets, lean meat is more easily found because it has been labeled "no fat".

3. Discard the fat. Cut and discard the fat that is still attached to the meat before it is processed.

4. Boiled or roasted. Sports meat with boiled or baked rather than fried as it will only add fat and cholesterol content. If you still want to fry the meat, use olive oil which has proven very effective in fighting cholesterol.

5. Remove oil. Remove excess oil and calories in a grilled meat using tissue oil.

6. Know the limit. Reduce consumption of meat, ie no more than one piece of meat or about 85 grams of red meat a week.

It turned out very easy right? Eating low fat and contain no saturated fats can make you 6 years of age look younger.

Healthy Way to Store Foods

Healthy ways to store food - When we shop monthly, so much food that we buy to make ends meet day to day. But try to observe, how much of the food which was wasted because of inappropriate storage techniques. As a result initial intention to save by buying a lot of losers just because a lot of wasted food.
Actually there anything we can do for the problem, namely to understand the formula store food for longer lasting. And the formula is quite understood by doing "Do & Do not" below:

Eggs.
DO: Keep in a special rack storage eggs in the fridge. This will make the eggs can survive for 3-4 weeks.

DO NOT: Store eggs on bottom refrigerator shelf, especially on a rack attached to the refrigerator door. Because usually the shelf without special buffer for the egg so that we will do is piling up eggs. It certainly makes the fragile eggs. Plus the rack usually has a hotter temperature, so make the eggs do not last long.

Frozen meat.
DO: Keep in a special rack storage of meat in the fridge. This rack will keep the freshness of meat by making temperature and good air circulation for meat. But remember, the meat will only be safely stored for 3-5 days.

DO NOT: No meat wrapped tightly.

Tomato.
DO: Keep in a special rack storage units. Place the tomatoes are still young on the inside, while the already mature and ready for use on the outside. This will make us take the tomato is ripe beforehand, plus allow time for the young tomato to mature and ready for use.

Garlic and onion.
DO: Keep in a warm and dry.

DO NOT: Wrapped and stored near vegetables. Garlic and onions contain sulfur alliums which is a strong aroma that can spread into surrounding areas. That's why, never save bawanng white and red onions in the refrigerator. In addition because the smell will ruin the food that we store, refrigerator cold temperatures will also make the onions more quickly decay.

Watermelon.
DO: Wrap and store in a dry place, this will increase the content of lycopene and beta-carotene in watermelon. And a day before eating them, keep in the fridge for even more fresh.

DO NOT: Saved side by side with other fruits. Because fruits are usually going out ethylene gas and watermelons are very sensitive to this gas because makes it faster decay.

Wine.
DO: Make sure all the wine in good condition. If there is a wine that started softening or there is damage, should be separate. After that, wash grapes and wipe with a cloth towel, the goal for wine is not humid, so invite the emergence of fungi. Then, save the wine in plastic containers that have ventilation holes to create air circulation is maintained.

DO NOT: No wiping wine after washing. Wine is one fruit that is easy to damp which can quickly invite the arrival of the fungus.

Mushroom or fungus.
DO: Wrap the mushrooms with paper and store in refrigerator. By making the mushrooms stay dry in cold temperatures will not provide the opportunity for bacteria to grow on it.

DO NOT: Washed and then stored in the refrigerator. It will only make the fungus we 'visited' by the bacteria.

Potatoes.
DO: Keep in a dry and dark.

DO NOT: Keep it bright place, because it may trigger the growth of toxins in the potatoes.

Asparagus.
DO: Wrap with cloth to absorb and put into plastic containers. This will make asparagus avoid dehydration and keep it fresh.

DO NOT: Keep the container filled with water. How this would trigger the growth of bacteria and make the asparagus quickly decay.

Green vegetables.
DO: Wash and dry. Then wrap in a towel that absorbs and then store in plastic. This will make the vegetables are not damp so that vegetable life is longer.

DO NOT: Put side by side with tomatoes, green vegetables because release ethylene gas that can make faster rotten tomatoes.

With this guide, at least we can make food stocks remain worthy of consumption. And certainly, it will make us more efficient because no food is wasted. (PreventionIndonesia/Priska Siagian)

Smallpox | Smallpox 2002 | Smallpox vaccine

Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The term "smallpox" was first used in Europe in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the "great pox" (syphilis). V. major produces a more serious disease and has an overall mortality rate of 30–35%. Smallpox is believed to have emerged in human populations about 10,000 BC.Of all those infected, 20–60%—and over 80% of infected children—died from the disease. Smallpox was responsible for an estimated 300–500 million deaths during the 20th century. After vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in 1979.

The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine to be developed. Prior to widespread vaccination, mortality rates in individuals with smallpox were high—up to 35% in some cases.

In China powdered smallpox scabs were blown up the noses of the healthy. Source material tells us on Montagu; "When Lady Mary was in the Ottoman Empire, she discovered the local practice of inoculation against smallpox called variolation.” In 1721, an epidemic of smallpox hit London and left the British Royal Family in fear.

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon is a fictional docudrama produced by Wall to Wall, showing how a single act of bioterrorism leads to terrifying consequences globally.

Fighting Cavities in Toddlers

Fighting Cavities in Toddlers - Almost all the kids love sweet food. Most of the parents let the child eat sweets, even though actually harmful to teeth because it can cause cavities (caries). Sugar and carbohydrates are eaten is the preferred food of bacteria.

The occurrence of holes in the teeth takes 1-2 years, while the milk teeth can be more brief. According to research nearly half of American children have cavities by age approximately 4 years, and some even much earlier.

Most cavities discovered during dental examination. Cavities are found and treated early can reduce pain, save money and most importantly, save the tooth.

Although information on dental health has a lot of spread, in fact there are many parents who abandoned her toddler dental health. There are still many among those who think, not the child's milk teeth so that permanent teeth will later on be replaced by permanent teeth.

According to drg. Melanie Sadono Djamil, from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Trisakti Jakarta, the condition of milk teeth are very influential on a child's permanent teeth. "Baby teeth can also affect seed infection and permanent teeth," he explained.

Dental caries did not receive treatment also seriously affected. "Dental cavities can cause pain. As a result, children become lazy to chew and swallow, he's so long without food and nutritional intake is reduced. Children can be malnourished," said Melanie.

In older children, toothache may lower productivity. They're lazy move. Activities eat, learn, work, and sleep was disturbed. In terms of aesthetics too, are missing or defective teeth can cause a feeling less confident. As a result, children do not want to socialize for fear of teasing his friend.

"Every tooth is perforated, should be patched immediately. Patching will stop contact with the outside so that bacteria do not get food. Dental also will be cleaned," said the dean of Faculty of Dentistry Trisakti.

Genesis holes in the teeth can actually be prevented by simple measures such as brushing teeth. "The action of brushing will reduce the number of dental caries by 50 percent," he said.

In addition, sweet and sticky foods should be reduced because it is more difficult to clean. Familiarize children to clean their teeth after eating sweet foods and drinks. "At least rinse with water, including drinking milk after a child. If the child was already asleep, give a bottle filled with water after a child drinking milk from the bottle," he said.

4 Suggestions for Always Erection

In certain respects, no different from the human body with machines. Sexual skills not only depend on physical fitness, but also the mind and mental attitude that can be trained.

According to Graham Masterton in his book, Wild In Bed Together, sexual peak performance is 10 percent physical ability, 20 percent experience and knowledge, and 60 percent of mental control. The conscious mind is necessary for erection.

However, if a man can train himself, then that is obtained is concentrated for the defense to erect properly. For that, Graham gave a few tips that can be tried.

1. Do not be nervous
When making love, do not be too worried about themselves whether or not an erection. You do not have to believe anything to prove masculinity with can not erect. Remember, she actually understands that he can not always erect. They just are not comfortable with a man who always can not erect.

2. Do not just think about an erection
Better to just think about how to satisfy a partner. For example, knowing which parts of the pair most like to be touched.

3. Invite a partner to help
Difficulties should be shared with your partner. Do not apologize and make excuses because it's not your fault alone. This is equal to the task of stimulating your partner before intercourse.

4. Do not rush
Do not rush to penetrate because of thinking while while erection for him not limp anymore. This method is actually only adds to anxiety and increases your chances to limp again.

Even the most serious, by doing everything with a rush, you may experience premature ejaculation. It would be better you do it slowly and continue to think how to give pleasure to your partner as possible. Good luck! @ Doa