19-587: The Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center , formerly Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology is a laboratory in Jakarta, Indonesia . It is most known for the discovery by Christiaan Eijkman that Beriberi was caused by a lack of thiamine in the human body. Founded as the Geneeskundig Laboratorium , or Medical Laboratory, at Jalan Diponegoro No. 69 in Central Jakarta in 1888, Christiaan Eijkman
38-567: A conjured tetanus toxoid vaccine for their troops. During the 1960s, the institute closed due to upheaval in the country and was absorbed into the Cipto Mangunkusomo Hospital . It remained closed for the next thirty years until 1992, when B.J. Habibie , the Minister of Research and Technology, decided to reopen the institute. The institute opened formally by Ministry of Research and Technology Decree No. 475/M/Kp/VII/1992. By 1993, it
57-566: A government civil servant but having their salary paid by government. Not only that they do not have proper career track as Indonesian government scientists and government staffs. Since 22 September 2021, Eijkman Institute officially become subordinate of National Research and Innovation Agency (Indonesian: Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional , BRIN) rather the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology . The name of Eijkman Institute changed to Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center, under
76-462: A regulatory agency intended to provide only policies and standards making for state health activity, no longer doing research as the research part will be relinquished to National Research and Innovation Agency . Thus, on 7 November 2021, the Ministry issued order to NIHRD and its child agencies to halt their activities per 31 December 2021 as unit under auspices of Ministry of Health, effectively started
95-764: A visitor's lounge which is still furnished with wood and rattan chairs and other furnishings that have not been changed since the opening of the building. The building will be relinquished to Ministry of Health and will be replaced to a new building at Cibinong. Jakarta, Indonesia Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 491538384 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:44:59 GMT Ministry of Health (Indonesia) The Ministry of Health ( Indonesian : Kementerian Kesehatan )
114-529: Is a government ministry which organize public health affairs within the Indonesian government . Ministry of Health was formed on 19 August 1945. The ministry is responsible for public health affairs in Indonesia. The ministry is led by a minister who is responsible to the president and part of the cabinet. Commonly, the minister usually came from medical doctor, however some of them were military doctor. Since 2009,
133-465: Is nothing we keep secret." Terawan was criticized for stating that flu is more dangerous than COVID-19 because flu has a higher mortality rate. However, his initial response to the spread of COVID-19, such as the initial recommendation to not wear a mask, is quite aligned with other public health officials around the world including Anthony Fauci of the United States' NIH and general directions from
152-513: The Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center eventually will be reformed by government due the past mismanagement of personnel and other irregularities when the institution still existed as Eijkman Institute. From the outside, the building has been described as looking like a museum, although the inside has not been renovated in an attempt to keep the building looking as it did when Eijkman was working there. This includes
171-566: The Eijkman staff's termination in response of the issues. The Ministry of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform confirmed the BRIN's move as legal move. Tjahjo Kumolo , the minister, further broke down that from 71 terminated researchers, 68 are research assistants with bachelor's and master's degree, 2 junior researchers (below 40) with PhD degree, and 1 senior researcher (over 40) with PhD degree. He revealed, either BRIN liquidated it or not,
190-725: The Life Sciences Research Organization of National Research and Innovation Agency. After get captured by National Research and Innovation Agency, Eijkman Institute stripped from its unique status, demoted into a research center, and placed into BRIN supervision for its unusual practice in recruiting researchers and staffs. On 1 January 2022, there is information that BRIN started the termination of most of Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center researchers. The information confirmed to be true. BRIN offered them to become government scientists of BRIN thru available government civil servant selection processes, although BRIN returned
209-494: The center's first Indonesian director, Achmad Mochtar, of poisoning a batch of vaccine that was to be delivered to slave laborers. After Mochtar and his researchers were tortured and interrogated, he made a deal with the Japanese that he would plead guilty if his researchers were released. He was then executed and buried in an unmarked grave. It is possible that Mochtar was a scapegoat for a failed Japanese experiment designed to validate
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#1732869899647228-644: The choice to the terminated Eijkman researchers and staffs. About 113 Eijkman staffs terminated, with 71 researchers and 42 non-researcher staffs affected by this rationalization. At the same day, it is announced that current Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center split into several parts, the Eijkman Molecular Biology Research Center itself, one part to Deputy IV (Research and Innovation Infrastructure) of BRIN, and rest will be relinquished to Ministry of Health . The move criticized strongly by both ruling coalition and opposition. People's Representative Council , officially requested BRIN for information and explanation for
247-886: The dismantlement of Balitbangkes. In the order, NIHRD will split into three parts: one part (which is the most) relinquished to BRIN, one part to become BKPK, and the rest of the Balitbangkes part in regional level will be relinquished to local government where the NIHRD branch formerly existed for being transformed into local-government run public health laboratories for being integrated as part of state public health laboratories system. The ministry structure consists of: The ministry also coordinates two non-ministry government bodies, those are National Agency of Drug and Food Control and National Population and Family Planning Board . The minister of health, Terawan Agus Putranto , often published controversial statements about COVID-19 . Terawan
266-568: The government has been required to allocate 5% of state budget for health sector. However, the mandatory 5% state budget for health sector was achieved in 2019. In 2001, the ministry was merged with Department of Social Affairs ( Indonesian : Departemen Sosial ) into Department of Health and Social Welfare, however the merger was short-lived and both departments were reestablished. On 27 November 2001, Board for Development and Empowerment of Human Resources for Health ( Indonesian : Badan Pengembangan dan Pemberdayaan Sumber Daya Manusia Kesehatan )
285-458: Was also under fire for his "anti-science" and "arrogant" attitude in leading the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia. Some epidemiologist conducted research to determine locations around the world that could have undetected cases of the virus imported from abroad. Terawan comments on the study, "In my opinion, the suspicion is too far-fetched. Let Harvard to come here. The door is open for them to see. There
304-794: Was established. Government Regulation through President No. 47/2009 concerning the Establishment and Organization of State Ministries issued on November 3 2009, changed all forms of Departments, Offices of State Ministers and Offices of the Coordinating Minister into State Ministries, therefore the nomenclature of the Department of Health ( Indonesian : Departemen Kesehatan ) was renamed into Ministry of Health ( Indonesian : Kementerian Kesehatan ). On 23 September 2021, National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) will be transformed into Agency for Health Policies Development,
323-601: Was fully operational, but ran into further troubles in 1998 due to the Asian financial crisis . In 2004, the institute identified the suicide bomber who blew himself up in front of the Australian Embassy , which drew recognition to the practical benefits of molecular biology. Today, the institute houses one of the few Biosafety Level 3 laboratories in the country, which is equipped with a gas decontamination chamber. For long time since its re-formation in 1992, Eijkman Institute
342-499: Was stationed there as its first director. During his time there, he discovered that Beriberi , which was commonly believed to be caused by external forces, was caused by a lack of thiamine in the human body. This led to a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for Eijkman in 1929. In 1938, the laboratory was renamed the Eijkman Instituut (Eijkman Institute) in honor of Eijkman. During World War II , Japanese occupiers accused
361-533: Was subordinate of Ministry of Research and Technology . However, Eijkman Institute somewhat enjoyed unique status within the ministry. The most important was, despite being a government-run institute, their recruitment of their human resources mostly by contract similar to a private company recruitment. As result, the Eijkman Institute researchers and staffs having unusual status in Indonesia government employment system and cannot be categorized as one, they are not
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