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JOM FISIP Vol. 4 No. 2 - Oktober 2017 Page 1 UPAYA COMIC RELIEF DALAM MENINGKATKAN KESEHATAN DI GHANA TAHUN 2013 Oleh: Aulia Faradipta Hakma ([email protected]) Pembimbing: Indra Pahlawan, S.IP, M.Si Bibliografi: 7 Jurnal, 1 Wawancara 13 Buku, 15 Dokumen dan Publikasi Resmi, 28 Situs Web. Jurusan Ilmu Hubungan Internasional Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Riau Kampus Bina Widya Jl. HR. Soebrantas Km. 12,5 Simp. Baru Pekanbaru 28294 Telp/Fax. 0761-63277 Abstract This research is a contemporary study which explain the efforts from a non- governmental international organization that operates as a charity foundation called Comic Relie f to improving healthiness in Ghana at 2013. Comic Relief was established initially in Britain in 1988 by the English-born New Zealand scriptwriter Richard Curtis and Alexander Mendis in response to the famine in Ethiopia. After that, Comic Relief becomes a charity that stands with a vision of the world to be just, free from poverty and with a mission to encourage positive change through the power of entertainment. This is qualitative research which used descriptive methods, and collecting datas from some resources like books,journals, official publications and relevant websites. This paper used the pluralism perspective and International Organizations written by Clive Archer. The object in this research is Comic Relief as an main actor in International Relations. The result of this research shows that Comic Relief creates some programs and efforts that involving several parties such as international organizations, corporations, UK Government, medias, and public figures in social aspect. The programs and efforts such as making television programs, visiting marginalized country to get to know how to help them and donate the funds to the British and African countries. Key words : Comic Relief, Red Nose Day, Sport Relief. I. Pendahuluan Penelitian ini merupakan sebuah dengan studi kasus pada tahun 2013. kajian Ilmu Hubungan Internasional dalam Menurut kamus besar Bahasa Indonesia, isu – isu kontemporer yang menjadi upaya merupakan suatu usaha atau ikhtiar konsentrasi penulis dalam menganalisa yang digunakan untuk mencapai suatu Organisasi Internasional non pemerintah maksud, memecahkan persoalan, dan yaitu upaya dari Comic Relief dalam memberi bantuan untuk meningkatkan kesehatan Afrika, khususnya di Ghana JOM FISIP Vol. 4 No. 2 - Oktober 2017 Page 1 mencari jalan keluar.1 Dalam segala urusan Atlantik di sebelah Barat dan Selatan, masalah sendiri dapat terselesaikan karena Gurun Sahara di Utara, dan Gunung upaya yang dilakukan secara maksimal. Kamerun hingga Danau Chad di Timur. Negara – negara yang termasuk dalam Pada zaman era modern seperti saat bagian Afrika Barat adalah : Benin, ini, tidak dapat disangkal bahwa Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, kemiskinan global merupakan Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, permasalahan yang sampai saat ini belum Niger, Nigeria, Pantai Gading, Senegal, berhasil dipecahkan secara menyeluruh, Sierra Leone dan Togo. dalam pengertian dimana masih banyaknya manusia yang terposisikan di bawah Sebagian besar negara-negara standar hidup layak. Berbagai penyebab tersebut terdapat beberapa yang kasus kemiskinan telah dirumuskan dari sifat kesehatannya sulit untuk ditangani, dan manusia tertentu yang tidak mau atau tidak penyebaran wabah penyakit bagi kelompok mampu berusaha. Kemiskinan ini ekonomi lemah seperti masyarakat di merupakan masalah sosial yang sifatnya wilayah Afrika Barat cukup banyak mendunia,2 artinya adalah masalah sehingga menjadi salah satu penghalang kemiskinan sudah menjadi perhatian dunia, serius bagi pembangunan ekonomi di dan masalah tersebut ada di semua negara, negara itu sendiri.4 Hal tersebutpun pada walaupun dampak dari kemiskinan berbeda akhirnya menjadi perhatian utama yang beda dirasakan oleh negara. Beberapa harus segara ditangani oleh pemerintah program yang dibuat untuk mengatasi setempat. kemiskinan global tetapi belum menunjukkan hasil atau bahkan semakin Salah satu negara yang akan meningkatkan kadar kemiskinan tersebut. menjadi fokus penelitian penulis adalah negara Ghana dalam bidang kesehatan yang Comic Relief merupakan Organisasi akan dipaparkan secara umum. Internasional non pemerintah yang Berdasarkan laporan kesehatan tahun 2013 bergerak sebagai badan yayasan amal3 yang penyakit yang mendominasi di Ghana awalnya didirikan di Inggris pada tahun menyerang kalangan ibu dan anak – anak. 1988 oleh penulis naskah komedi New Kelompok tersebut merupakan yang paling Zealand yang berdarah Inggris yaitu rentan karena penderitanya hampir 58,3% Richard Curtis dan Alexander Mendis dari populasi (sensus dari 2010).5 dalam merespon kelaparan di Ethiopia. Setelah itu, Comic Relief menjadi badan Penyakit lainnya di Ghana yang amal yang berdiri dengan visi agar dunia menular bahkan mematikan memiliki menjadi adil, terbebas dari kemiskinan dan persentase sangat tinggi. Dengan persentasi dengan misi untuk mendorong perubahan penyakit HIV AIDS sebanyak 1,61%, positif melalui kekuatan hiburan. masyarakat yang menderita HIV AIDS sendiri sebanyak 274.600 orang dan yang Afrika Barat merupakan sebuah meninggal akibat HIV AIDS berjumlah wilayah di bagian Barat di Benua Afrika. 12.600 orang.6 Selain itu, resiko penyakit Afrika Barat berbatasan dengan Samudra 1“Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia”. dari 4/red-nose-day/#more-81 diakses tanggal 20 www.kbbi.ac.id diakses 20 Februari 2017 pukul Februari 2017 pada pukul 22.17 WIB 21.30 WIB 4Yorry Hasanah. Jom FISIP.2015. Volume 2 No.2. 2Nunung Nurwati.Kemiskinan : Model Pekanbaru Pengukuran, Permasalahan dan Alternatif 5 Ghana Health Service. 2013 Annual Reproductive Kebijakan.2008. Jurnal Kependudukan Padjajaran. and Child Health Report. Justification, 2013. Hal 7 Vol. 10 No. 1. Bandung 6CIA. The World Factbook: Ghana. 3 Red Nose Day. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- https://dwplondonmedia.wordpress.com/2011/03/1 JOM FISIP Vol. 4 No. 2 - Oktober 2017 Page 2 menular lainnya pula dapat dikatakan sinonim dari lembaga internasional atau sangat tinggi. sebuah lembaga internasional yang bisa juga diartikan sebagai kelompok lembaga. Adapun beberapa penyakit menular Kedua, organisasi internasional mengacu mematikan lainnya yaitu penyakit yang pada proses politik internasional yang ditularkan melalui makanan atau melalui utama, dalam proses ini, negara anggota air seperti bakteri dan protozoa, diare, berusaha melalui tindakan kolektif. hepatitis A, demam tifoid, penyakit vectorborne: malaria, demam berdarah, dan Berdasarkan pandangan dari Clive demam kuning, penyakit kontak melalui Archer, Organisasi Internasional dapat air: schistosomiasis, penyakit pernapasan: diklasifikasikan berdasarkan keanggotaan, meningitis, meningokokus dan penyakit tujuan, aktivitas dan strukturnya. dari kontak terhadap hewan : rabies.7 Organisasi internasional bila dilihat dari keanggotaannya dapat dibagi lagi Kerangka Teori berdasarkan tipe keanggotaan dan jangkauan keanggotaan. Apabila Dalam penulisan penelitian ini menyangkut tipe keanggotaan, organisasi penulis menetapkan bahwa teori yang internasional dapat dibedakan menjadi digunakan adalah International non organisasi internasional dengan wakil govermental organization atau organisasi pemerintahan negara – negara sebagai internasional non pemerintah. Pada unit anggota atau Intergovermental analisanya mengkaji tentang usaha yang Organization (IGO), serta organisasi dilakukan oleh Comic Relief dalam upaya internasional yang anggotanya bukan meningkatkan kualitas kesehatan di Ghana mewakili pemerintah International Non – pada tahun 2013. Govermental Organization (INGO).8 Comic Relief merupakan organisasi Dalam hal jangkauan keanggotaan, internasional non pemerintah yang tidak organisasi internasional ada yang berorientasi akan keuntungan (non profit) anggotanya terbatas dalam wilayah tertentu atau organisasi nirlaba yang bergerak saja, dan satu jenis lagi dimana dalam tindakan sosial kemanusiaan di keanggotannya mencakup seluruh wilayah dunia. Comic Relief merupakan suatu di dunia. gerakan amal masyarakat dan kemanusiaan Dalam penelitian ini, penulis yang pertama kali terbentuk di London, menggunakan perspektif Pluralisme. Inggris. Organisasi ini dibentuk pada tahun Perspektif Pluralisme memandang bahwa 1988, dalam fokusnya Comic Relief dalam suatu tindakan atau kegiatan membantu dan memfasilitasi pengobatan hubungan internasional tidak hanya negara masyarakat di negara berkembang yang yang menjadi aktor9 melainkan terdapat menderita kemiskinan. Hal ini dikarenakan aktor non negara yang berperan penting buruknya faktor ekonomi di sejumlah dalam suatu kegiatan dalam hubungan negara benua tersebut. internasional Teori Organisasi Internasional Mochtar Mas’oed sebagai salah satu tokoh memiliki dua arti yang berbeda namun Hubungan Internasional di Indonesia saling berhubungan. Pertama, pemahaman organisasi internasional dianggap sebagai factbook/geos/gh.html diakses pada tanggal 12 9 M.Saeri ,Jurnal Transnasional. Teori Hubungan November 2016 pada pukul 12.04 WIB Internasional sebuah pendekatan Paradigmatik, 7Ibid Vol. 3 No.2 Februari 2012 8 Clive Archer, International Organizations:third edition (Taylor and Francis e-library, 2001),hal.35 JOM FISIP Vol. 4 No. 2 - Oktober 2017 Page 3 menjelaskan terdapat lima level analisa perilaku kelompok – kelompok kecil dan didalam Hubungan Internasional10, yaitu : organisasi – organisasi yang terlibat dalam proses terjadinya suatu Hubungan 1. Level perilaku individu, fokus Internasional. penelitian adalah sikap dan perilaku tokoh – tokoh utama pembuat
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