Coordination Meeting of Maternal and Child Health Budget Evaluation
Samarinda, 18 June 2021, 09.00 WITA . Bappeda of East Kalimantan Province attended online activities for the Coordination Meeting of Maternal and Child Health Budget Evaluation. The event was held by the Indonesian Ministry of Health and was attended by the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the Gadjah Mada University Expert Team, Bappeda, BPKAD and Provincial Health Office in Indonesia. The resource person presented at this event Drs. Bayu Teja Muliawan, SH, M.Pharm, MM, APT as the Head of the Indonesian Ministry of Health Secretariat and Budget Budget Bureau, as well as Diah Ayu Puspandari Representative from the KPMAK Center.
In his presentation the Head of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, said that the health status in Indonesia despite experiencing significant improvement such as life expectancy, but some of the achievements of Indonesia's health indicators are still low and disadvantaged compared to Comparable countries such as infant and mother mortality rates, as well as stunting. On the other hand, the budget allocation for the Ministry of Health continues to increase every year. Since 2015 to 2021 the Ministry of Health's budget increased from Rp. 51.39 trillion to Rp. 138.07 trillion. The Ministry of Health will continue to strive to increase the budget allocation, especially to fund activities that still require acceleration of handling, including maternal and child health programs.
In general, every district/city and province supports the study conducted by WHO Indonesia and the Consultant Team from Gajah Mada University/UGM regarding the thematic evaluation of the budget with specific themes: Analysis of allocation and budget realization and maternal and child health program activities. Furthermore, studies and studies will be conducted to collect secondary data to the regions by delivering a letter of request for support to the Head of Bappeda, BPKAD, and the Head of the Health Service in the area of the study location.
The expected support from the region is the necessary administrative support; Support ease of obtaining the necessary data; Support of personnel who will accompany the study team when visiting the study location; Support to be able to conduct in -depth interviews with officials/staff related to the theme of the study; and other support related to the success of the implementation of this study.
Meanwhile, Diah Ayu Puspandari from the KPMAK center conveyed the multi-sector approach framework consisting of 5 pillars, namely 1. Commitment and vision of the leadership, 2. Convergence and coordination of the Regional Center Program. 3. Increasing access & quality of health services 4. Improving gender health and women's empowerment 5. Monitoring and evaluation.
with regard to specific health interventions delivered consisting of ANC according to standards, family planning, birth waiting house, jampersal, poned and ponek, regionalization of referral systems, UTD & blood banks, HR availability, Sarpras, drugs and vaccines, exclusive breastfeeding, complete basic immunization and JKN. Sensitive multicector interventions include 12 -year compulsory education, prevention of child marriage, increasing the role of women in economics, teenagers and catin, the role of community leaders, religious leaders and public figures, childcare and clean water, clean air and family toilet.
From the implementation of this activity it was concluded that Indonesia's health status increased significantly, but it was still lagging behind the comparable state such as infant and mother and stunting mortality. Therefore, the Ministry of Health increases the budget allocation to fund activities that need to be handled quickly. Regional support is also important to improve health status in Indonesia.
(Humasbappeda/Ismi) .
