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MedImmune Vaccines, and I have received honoraria from AstraZeneca Inuenza A (H1N1) vaccine ecacy in animal models is inuenced by two
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since 1998. The programme, focusing on schizophrenia of national and local systems to plan, implement,
and epilepsy, has been rolled out across most of the manage, monitor, and evaluate new programmes
country. Although the Indonesian Government has for mental health services. National and more local
been developing capacity at primary care level to deliver structures that enable inter-disciplinary and inter-
mental health services for 20 years, real progress has sectoral collaboration, such as the National Taskforces
been made in Aceh during the post-tsunami period. on Mental Health System Development in Indonesia
A particular feature has been the practical focus on and Vietnam,12 can contribute to such capacity
protection of human rights of people with severe strengthening. A clear and long-term focus on
mental disorders.9 The government of Aceh and the building community services, and redening the roles
national government of Indonesia have explicitly of mental hospitals, will be essential. Greatly improved
committed to eradicate restraint and connement of education and training capacity, and re-orientation
mentally ill people in the community, the Aceh Free of training curricula to community-based practice,
Pasung programme.10 Aceh shows the opportunities for will be necessary to prepare professionals to work
the substantial strengthening of a mental health system in new ways and in unfamiliar settings. The crucial
that can come from the tragedy of major disaster. An workforce shortages can only be resolved in the short
essential and too often neglected component of such to medium term through task shifting, which will
health-system development is the introduction of require traditional disciplines, such as psychiatry and
appropriate nancing and payment arrangements, nursing, to redene their roles and assume greater
such as the increase in coverage and streamlining of responsibility for training and mentoring.
social health insurance in Indonesia, where movement Particular attention will need to be paid to generating
towards universal coverage is steadily progressing.11 innovative solutions for long-term problems, solutions
The continuing development of eective and that are not necessarily imported from elsewhere
accessible mental health systems in southeast Asia but are developed in the contexts in which they will
will require leadership at all levels, most importantly operate. Building research capacity in mental health,
political leadership. Current weaknesses in leadership particularly for systems research, is among the lowest
and management will require building of the capacity of current priorities but also an essential contributor
Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Government Monarchy Constitutional Republic, Communist Constitutional Military Republic, Republic, Constitutional Communist
monarchy, multiparty state monarchy, regime multiparty multiparty monarchy, state
multiparty democracy multiparty democracy democracy multiparty
democracy democracy democracy
Population (millions) 04 145 243 64 283 534 999 47 671 896
Life expectancy at birth1 774 622 715 659 747 627 723 807 693 749
GNI per head 49 915 1868 3957 2321 13 927 1596 4002 48 893 8001 2995
(US$PPP, 2008)1
HDI (composite Index)1 0805 0494 06 0497 0744 0451 0638 0846 0654 0572
HDI rank1 37 124 108 122 57 132 97 27 92 113
Psychiatric beds per 12 0 04 007 27 023 09 61 14 063
10 000 population2
Psychiatrists per 19 016 021 003 06 004 04 23 06 032
100 000 population2
Psychiatric nurses per 03 022 09 0 05 001 04 104 27 03
100 000 population
Psychologists per 03 045 03 0 005 005 09 1 02 006
100 000 population2
Social workers per 1 005 15 0 02 001 16 3 06 0
100 000 population2
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of experience and knowledge and contribute to 6 Minas H, Diatri H. Pasung: physical restraint and connement of
maintaining the impetus for reform and development. the mentally ill in the community. Int J Ment Health Syst 2008; 2: 8.
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*Albert Maramis, Nguyen Van Tuan, Harry Minas 8 Siriwanarangsan P, Liknapichitkul D, Khandelwal SK. Thailand mental
WHO Country Oce for Indonesia, Jakarta 12950, Indonesia (AM); health country prole. Int Rev Psychiatry 2004; 16: 15058.
9 Irmansyah I, Prasetyo YA, Minas H. Human rights of persons with mental
Department of Psychiatry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, illness in Indonesia: more than legislation is needed. Int J Ment Health Syst
Vietnam (NVT); National Institute of Mental Health, Hanoi, 2009; 3: 14.
Vietnam (NVT); and Centre for International Mental Health, 10 Hasan, N. Aceh governor promises to remove the chains from the
mentally ill. Jakarta Globe Feb 23, 2010. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/
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synergy and coordination between national and sub-national centres.
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WHO. We declare that we have no conicts of interest. World Health http://www.depkes.go.id/index.php/berita/press-release/1066-
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