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Health
One of the programs of Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2002, which is based on Law No. 25 of 2000 concerning the National Development Program (PROPENAS) 2002-2004, gives the instruction to reduce fund subsidy in energy sector gradually until the end of the year, so that the fund subsidy can be allocated to develop people welfare, i.e. Program to cope with the Impact of Fund Subsidy Reduction in Energy Sector to Health Sector (PD-PSE-BK).
The aim of the program is to help group of poor & susceptible people as a complement activity and implemented through Social Safety Net Program (including Social Safety Net in Health Sector, JPS-BK)
This program has been implemented since 1996 and by the launching of the PD-PSE program, it is hoped that the poor and susceptible people are still have right to be healthy.
In health sector, the target of this program will only receive health service, not a direct fund; for example the hospital preparatory to give service with free-charge, the Puskesmas (community medical center) preparatory to give generic medicine to patient of poor family who need medical treatment by using healthy card, and giving vaccination with free of charge to baby from Gakin family. Gakin is health service for poor family.
Another program which is aimed to improve a healthy behaviour and environment of Indonesian people is “Toward a Healthy Indonesia 2010” program, containing 20 principles of health living and described in:
- Basic message of mother and Child Healthy
- Basic message Food and Nutrition
- Basic message Environment Health
- Basic message Life Style
- Basic message Health Participation.
