Kepentingan Amerika Serikat Dalam Mempertahankan proyek Naval medical Research Unit two (NAMRU 2)
Abstract: This research is
analyzing about the presence of Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU 2) and
the interests of USA government in keeping the NAMRU 2 project to be remained
in Indonesia even the MoU which binds the contract between them has been
expired. NAMRU 2 is a biomedical research laboratory belongs to USA Navy which
examines about the infectious diseases that occurs in tropical countries, the
treatment of traumatic war, and providing medical aids to disaster victims.
This research applies Diplomacy theory and national interest. And this
research applies qulitative methods and case study in this research. The data
collected trought library research, literature studies, official docments,
academic journal, mass media.
According to the MoU, NAMRU 2 should finish its tenure in Indonesia in
2005, but with reasons that there still many things undone, making NAMRU 2
still want to extend the MoU with the deadline period for one year. But until
2008, NAMRU 2 is still freely conducting their activities even it should be
over in 2006. Its peak, in 2008 Indonesia’s health minister at that time dr.
Siti Fadilah Supari give orders to every hospital in Indonesia to not sending
any virus samples to NAMRU laboratory because, according to her, NAMRU 2 has an
economic motives behind the vaccines making of virus samples that delivered
from every hospital in Indonesia to NAMRU 2.
Penulis: Yenti Sofra Devita,
Yessi Olivia
Kode Jurnal: jphubintdd140088
