JAKARTA - Indonesia had the honor to host the Asia Pacific Military Medicine Conference XX (APMMC) held on May 3 to 7 This conference will address key issues relating to the health of the Military in the Asia Pacific region."It is an honor that Indonesia, in this case the military, together with the United States Pacific Command, has been elected as the organizer of the Annual Conference of the Military Health as the Asia Pacific (APMMC) to-20 years," said Djoko Santoso as TNI chief opening ceremony APMMC, in Jakarta on Monday (05/03/2010).
This year's conference theme of "Understanding the Military Health Issues Through Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration of the Armed Forces as the Asia Pacific region. " This conference will discuss various issues posed by the epidemic disease that occurs in regions of the world.
"I assess the strategic forum of this kind can serve as the main reference for the improvement and development of health problems related to the military in the coming years," said Djoko.
TNI chief judge, the need for multisectoral involvement to handle infectious disease outbreaks and has a bad effect on life. Military, Djoko said, are required to understand and be aware of this phenomenon by performing a variety of positive and constructive step. "TNI is obliged to participate in the task of humanitarian relief missions, including the impact caused by natural disasters or disease outbreaks," he explained.
Furthermore, Djoko believes this conference has a double advantage that is, not only increases confidence in the world, but also a golden opportunity for Indonesia and other country of residence countries in the Asia Pacific region to interact and provide the best roads in the handling of options outstanding content related to bird flu and HIV / AIDS.
The APMMC attended by around 21 countries from 39 countries invited. "The number of participants around 1144 participants,"said Djoko.
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