Bisnis.com, JAKARTA-- Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral meluncurkan Aplikasi MAGMA (Multiplatform Application for Geohazard Mitigation and Assessment in Indonesia) yang memberikan terobosan dalam pemberian informasi terkait bencana.

Pemrakasa MAGMA Indonesia Devi Kamil Syahbana menjelaskan, MAGMA adalah media online aplikasi, masyarakat mendapatkan informasi real time, sehingga masyarakat mendapatkan informasi cepat, jadi tidak akan ada kejadian keterlambatan mendapatkan informasi kebencanaan.

"Aplikasi MAGMA ini dibangun dan dikembangkan secara mandiri oleh Pegawai Negeri Sipil (PNS) Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) Kementerian ESDM," katanya, Minggu (27/8/2017).

Aplikasi ini bermanfaat untuk kementerian ataupun pemerintah daerah seperti Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB), Badan Penanggulanan Bencana Daerah (BPBD), Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG), Kementerian Perhubungan serta lembaga-lembaga International terutama industri penerbangan.

Debi mengatakan, MAGMA juga melakukan ekspansi dengan stakeholder penerbangan tidak hanya Indonesia juga International, mereka mendapatkan informasi letusan gunung api secara real time.

Abu vulkanik berbahaya untuk penerbangan dan menjadi data yang menjadi acuan Volcanic Advisory Centre (VAC), Pacific Disasster Centre (PDC) serta International Air Transportasion Association (IATA).

Aplikasi itu kembali menorehkan prestasi dengan meraih Top 40 Inovasi Pelayanan Publik 2017, belum lama ini. Penghargaan untuk MAGMA diserahkan oleh Menteri Koordinator Bidang Pembangunan Manusia dan Kebudayaan RI Puan Maharani mewakili Presiden RI Jokowi.

Kepala Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) Kementerian ESDM Kasbani mengungkapkan MAGMA Indonesia bukan hanya kebanggaan Kementerian ESDM, tetapi juga kebanggaan bangsa.

"MAGMA Indonesia asli buatan anak bangsa, sehingga kini bukan lagi menjadi kebanggaan PVMBG, Badan Geologi, maupun Kementerian ESDM, namun lebih luas lagi menjadi kebanggaan bangsa Indonesia," ungkap Kasbani bersemangat.

On 14 August, heavy rains, a mudslide and flash floods destroyed hundreds of homes and left many dead, injured or missing in Sierra Leone. In all, more than 500 houses were buried and destroyed and some 6000 people were severely affected. So far, more than 500 bodies have been recovered, with the number expected to rise. A mass burial for 300 people brought the country together and hardened the commitment to collectively recover from the tragedy.

An estimated 200 people living with HIV and their families were affected, with around 54 among the dead. Relief and rescue efforts by community members and first responders immediately began providing life-saving support.

People living with HIV and people at higher risk of HIV infection often become more vulnerable in times of emergency, owing to a lack of prioritization of their needs, lack of prevention services and disruption of treatment. In addition, people living with HIV, especially with weakened immune systems, are at higher risk of contracting malaria and waterborne diseases.

In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, UNAIDS’ priority has been to ensure the continuation and scale-up of antiretroviral therapy services, provide technical support to the Network of HIV Positives in Sierra Leone (NETHIPS), generate strategic information for fundraising and facilitate access for people living with HIV to food and non-food resources. UNAIDS has been participating in the broader disaster coordination structure within the United Nations and is supporting NETHIPS in the registration of people living with HIV affected by the disaster and in finding out their immediate needs.

In the medium and long term, UNAIDS, in collaboration with the United Nations interagency team, the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat, NETHIPS and the wider national disaster response coordination unit, will ensure that people living with HIV have access to support that includes the restoration of livelihoods, shelter construction and psychosocial services.

This crisis has put into sharp focus the fragility of Sierra Leone’s post-Ebola social safety nets. It is critical that the resources required for the response to HIV be included in the emergency fundraising appeals and that the country’s HIV catch-up plan be financed and implemented effectively.

QUOTES

“ENTIRE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT BY THE DISASTER. WE NEED URGENT SUPPORT NOW.”

ERNEST BAI KOROMA PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE

“HUMANITARIAN CRISES EXACERBATE THE HIV EPIDEMIC—VULNERABILITIES ARE INCREASED, SERVICES ARE DISRUPTED, PEOPLE ARE UPROOTED AND ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT AFFECTED, LEADING TO NEW HIV INFECTIONS.”

MICHEL SIDIBÉ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNAIDS