Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has underscored the need for health transformation to encourage significant economic growth as the key to achieving the Golden Indonesia 2045 Vision.
Speaking at the 2024 HSBC Investment Forum on June 6, Hartarto said a healthy and productive society is the key to achieving significant economic growth for more equitable social welfare.
According to the minister, Healthy Indonesia is the Indonesian Government's programme towards a Golden Indonesia by focusing on establishing a strong and responsive health system to ensure people's health by targeting a stunting rate below 5% and the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy.
The main strategies include strengthening medical personnel, developing health services in villages, improving nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life, ensuring the education of hospital-based specialist doctors, and controlling the consumption of dangerous products for public health, he said.
He noted that various significant developments in health services can support more efficient and affordable services through the increased adoption of technology in healthcare, such as telemedicine, big data, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for diagnosis and treatment.
The Government has readied the state budget to support health transformation, amounting to 186.4 trillion IDR (11 billion USD), an increase of 8.1% from the previous year, Hartarto said./.
