Pemberantasan Rabies di Indonesia sebagai Upaya Mewujudkan Right to Life, Right to Health

Abstract

Rabies is one of infectious diseases from animals to man which gets serious attention from the government due to its high mortality in human.Until 2017, as many as 26 provinces in Indonesia has not been free from Rabies yet. The purposes of this writing are to uncover the influence of health law of the people in Indonesia on the implementation of rabies eradication in Indonesia. Beside, this could be used by the policy makers to unity programs to realize people’s right to life, right to health toward Indonesia being free from rabies in 2030. The current legislations are considered sufficient ,but not their implementations. The regulations are mostly made by the central government , while the local government are the implementor. Local regultaions, therefore, are needed as umbrella for the eradication program in the areas. To conclude, public health and other laws have influenced the eradication efforts of the disease. Public health law influences the implementation of eradication of rabies in Indonesia, and to realize right to life and right to health in bringing together various aspects that influence the eradication of rabies in Indonesia so that the goal of Indonesia to be free from rabies in 2030 can be achieved.

Neuropathogenesis of Human Rabies

“…Southeast Asia itself is one of the rabies endemic areas (Purnamasari and Putra 2017). Around 45% of rabies deaths come from Southeast Asia (Novita 2019).…”

“…Rabies in Indonesia has existed since the 18th century (Novita 2019). The first case was reported in a buffalo by Esser in 1884, followed by Dizziness in 1889 in dogs and Eileris de Zhaan in 1894 in humans, where all cases came from West Java, Cirebon area and then spread to other areas (Kemenkes RI, 2016).…”

“…The first case was reported in a buffalo by Esser in 1884, followed by Dizziness in 1889 in dogs and Eileris de Zhaan in 1894 in humans, where all cases came from West Java, Cirebon area and then spread to other areas (Kemenkes RI, 2016). Data as of 2017, it is said that rabies has spread in approximately 25 provinces in Indonesia (Novita 2019). In 2014, 42,958 cases of GHPR (bites of animals with rabies) were found, with the most cases being in Bali (21,161 cases), NTT (5,340 cases), and North Sulawesi (3,601 cases) (Purnamasari and Putra 2017).…”

The Knowledge and Attitudes of the Community in Sibangkaja Village, Badung, Regarding the Rabies Incident

“…The next occurrence was reported in 1953 in Central Java, East Java, and West Sumatra, followed by North Sumatra in 1956. Meanwhile, in early 2019, it spread to 26 provinces, which include Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, Sulawesi Central, Southeast Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Maluku, North Maluku, and Central Kalimantan (3) (4). The dog population in the province is relatively high because it relates to cultural aspects as guardians of houses/agricultural land/plantations, and ceremonial facilities (5).…”