Jakarta - The richest man in the world , Bill Gates is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta early next April . He planned to review the public health centers , in addition to meeting a number of philanthropic Indonesia will also donate funds to Indonesian Health Fund .
Indonesian Health Fund is a special barn accommodates medical aid donations and philanthropic entrepreneurs in Indonesia
" We were with friends and businessmen urged other donor liver knocked to participate in this humanitarian mission , " said Dato Sri Dr.Tahir , Chairman and CEO of Mayapada Group is also the founder Tahir Foundation .
According to Tahir , the aid will be distributed in Indonesia and entirely focused on the five health problems , namely Malaria , TB ( tuberculosis ) , HIV - AIDS , Dengue and Family Planning .
Malaria remains a scourge in Indonesia . According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimated 50 percent of Indonesia's population is still living in malaria endemic areas .
There are at least 30 million cases of malaria occur each year in the country , with 30,000 deaths . National health survey in 2001 found the death rate from malaria around 8-11 per 100,000 people per year .
The United Nations Development Program ( UNDP ) also claimed that due to malaria , Indonesia suffered the least economic loss of USD 56.6 million per year . Trend of increasing prevalence also occur in other tropical diseases such as dengue fever and tuberculosis . While HIV - AIDS also requires special attention , in addition to population control through family planning programs .
Tahir Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last year already cooperate in preventing and combating infectious diseases .
Tahir and Bill Gates through the Global Fund , each of which has been donated amounted to $ 103.5 million , so collected as much as USD 207 million .
" Approximately 75% of the funds disbursed for the prevention of malaria , tuberculosis , HIV and family planning in Indonesia , " said Tahir , in his statement to ITGazine , Wednessday ( 03/12/2014 ) .
As for the rest , is used for the eradication of polio worldwide . " We expect the participation of the private sector to tackle this serious problem , " said Health Minister Nafsiah Mboy , which is also the Chairman of the Global Fund .
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