Reflection: How possible 60 years as an independent country and still the people don't know yet the simple basic hyginic matters? Is it because of ignorance and they only care about the religious lifestyle in the desert centuries ago and the lifestyle after death in the unkown world of "dunia seberang"?
Anyhow campaign costs money. Campaign means business, good business, good money. Who gets the campaign business? http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070507.H05&irec=4 Clean hands drive launched to promote better life The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government launched Sunday in four cities a national hand-washing campaign to promote a clean and healthy lifestyle and to upgrade public health in general. Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie marked the launch by releasing balloons at the National Monument. He was accompanied by Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo and State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta. Similar launches also took place during the morning in Bandung in West Java, Surabaya in East Java and Medan in North Sumatra. Speaking to an audience of around 2,700 mothers and children from 25 elementary schools in Jakarta and Bekasi, Aburizal said the campaign was aimed at promoting the washing of hands, which he said was a simple act that had not yet become habit in Indonesia. "This campaign needs to be done because even though washing hands is really basic and simple, not many people are doing it correctly," he was quoted as saying by Antara. Aburizal noted the prevalence of diarrhea in Indonesia, the cause of 20 percent of toddler deaths, as one of the more prominent repercussions of people not washing their hands in an appropriate fashion. Diarrhea, he said, could be largely avoided by making hand washings a habit, adding that it could also help prevent other diseases such as skin infections, pneumonia and bird flu. The minister, a businessman who was initially appointed coordinating minister for the economy before finding his current post after a Cabinet reshuffle in December 2005, then demonstrated an effective method of washing one's hands. Placing soap into his hands, he washed and rinsed them with clean water and dried them off using a clean, dry towel. This process was later replicated by other figures attending the event, such as Aburizal's three fellow ministers and those representing the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef). They were also accompanied by 20 elementary school students appointed to the "20 Second Soldiers" group, which is promoting the habit of washing hands. Aburizal said the government hoped the campaign would raise the public's awareness of the importance of having a clean and healthy lifestyle, which would then act to suppress the spread of communicable diseases. It is not clear what other activities the government intends to carry out to ensure that the campaign is effective and produces long-term results
