Ministry of Health (Indonesia) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Health
Nativename:Indonesian: Kementerian Kesehatan
Type:Ministry
Seal:170618932265b2620aa6f068.11144776.png
Jurisdiction:Government of Indonesia
Headquarters:Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said Blok X.5 Kav. 4-9
Jakarta Selatan 12950
Jakarta, Indonesia
Minister1 Name:Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Minister1 Pfo:Minister of Health

The Ministry of Health (Indonesian: Kementerian Kesehatan) is a government ministry which organize public health affairs within the Indonesian government.

History

Ministry of Health was formed on 19 August 1945. The ministry is responsible for public health affairs in Indonesia. The ministry is led by a minister who is responsible to the president and part of the cabinet. Commonly, the minister usually came from medical doctor, however some of them were military doctor. Since 2009, the government has been required to allocate 5% of state budget for health sector. However, the mandatory 5% state budget for health sector was achieved in 2019.[1]

In 2001, the ministry was merged with Department of Social Affairs (Indonesian: Departemen Sosial) into Department of Health and Social Welfare, however the merger was short-lived and both departments were reestablished. On 27 November 2001, Board for Development and Empowerment of Human Resources for Health (Indonesian: Badan Pengembangan dan Pemberdayaan Sumber Daya Manusia Kesehatan) was established.[2]

Government Regulation through President No. 47/2009 concerning the Establishment and Organization of State Ministries issued on November 3 2009, changed all forms of Departments, Offices of State Ministers and Offices of the Coordinating Minister into State Ministries, therefore the nomenclature of the Department of Health (Indonesian: Departemen Kesehatan) was renamed into Ministry of Health (Indonesian: Kementerian Kesehatan).[3]

On 23 September 2021, National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) will be transformed into Agency for Health Policies Development, a regulatory agency intended to provide only policies and standards making for state health activity, no longer doing research as the research part will be relinquished to National Research and Innovation Agency.[4] Thus, on 7 November 2021, the Ministry issued order to NIHRD and its child agencies to halt their activities per 31 December 2021 as unit under auspices of Ministry of Health, effectively started the dismantlement of Balitbangkes. In the order, NIHRD will split into three parts: one part (which is the most) relinquished to BRIN, one part to become BKPK, and the rest of the Balitbangkes part in regional level will be relinquished to local government where the NIHRD branch formerly existed for being transformed into local-government run public health laboratories for being integrated as part of state public health laboratories system.[5] [6]

Ministers

Organization

The ministry structure consists of:[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

The ministry also coordinates two non-ministry government bodies, those are National Agency of Drug and Food Control and National Population and Family Planning Board.

Criticism

COVID-19

The minister of health, Terawan Agus Putranto, often published controversial statements about COVID-19.[13] Terawan was also under fire for his "anti-science" and "arrogant" attitude in leading the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia.[14] Some epidemiologist conducted research to determine locations around the world that could have undetected cases of the virus imported from abroad.[15] Terawan comments on the study, "In my opinion, the suspicion is too far-fetched. Let Harvard to come here. The door is open for them to see. There is nothing we keep secret."[16] Terawan was criticized for stating that flu is more dangerous than COVID-19 because flu has a higher mortality rate.[17] However, his initial response to the spread of COVID-19, such as the initial recommendation to not wear a mask, is quite aligned with other public health officials around the world including Anthony Fauci of the United States' NIH and general directions from the World Health Organization.[18] [19] In November 2023, the ministry announced the establishment of an academy in Bali aligned with GISAID, the initiative that led the global documentation of the COVID-19 virus sequences. The aim of GISAID Academy will be to focus on focus on bioinformatics education, advance pathogen genomic surveillance, and increased regional response capacity.[20]

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yuniarto . Topan . 16 July 2020 . Kristanto . Ignatius . Kementerian Kesehatan . 12 March 2022 . Kompaspedia.
  2. Web site: Sejarah Badan PPSDM Kesehatan . 12 March 2022 . Badan Pengembangan dan Pemberdayaan Sumber Daya Kesehatan.
  3. Web site: 2023-06-26 . Historia 'Kementerian Kesehatan' Sejak 1945 . 2024-05-04 . merdeka.com . id.
  4. Web site: Suryani. Evi. 2021-09-24. Transformasi Badan Litbangkes Menuju BKPK Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Kesehatan. 2021-12-01. en-US.
  5. Web site: Dinamika. Yarmen. 2021-11-07. Punya Peralatan Canggih, Aktivitas Balitbangkes Aceh Diakhiri Bulan Depan, Apa Fungsi Berikutnya?. 2021-12-01. Serambinews.com. id-ID.
  6. Web site: Hasyim. 2021-11-08. Balitbangkes Aceh Segera Jadi Kenangan. 2021-12-01. Serambinews.com. id-ID.
  7. Presidential Decree . 18 . 2021. . Peraturan Presiden RI Nomor 18 Tahun 2021 tentang Kementerian Kesehatan . id.
  8. Book: Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan No. 5 Tahun 2022 tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Kementerian Kesehatan . 2022 . Jakarta . id . Minister of Health Regulation No 5/2022 (Ministry of Health Organization and Administrative Order).
  9. Book: Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor 19 Tahun 2023 Tentang Organisasi Dan Tata Kerja Balai Besar Biomedis dan Genomika Kesehatan . Jakarta . 2023 . Minister of Health Regulation No. 19/2023 (Organization and Administrative Order of Indonesian Institute for Biomedics and Health Genetics).
  10. Book: Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor 25 Tahun 2023 Tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Unit Pelaksana Teknis Bidang Laboratorium Kesehatan Masyarakat . 2023 . Jakarta . Minister of Health Regulation No. 25/2023 (Organization and Administrative Order of Public Health Laboratory Technical Implementation Units).
  11. Book: Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor 26 Tahun 2023 Tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Balai Besar Laboratorium Biologi Kesehatan . 2023 . Jakarta . Minister of Health Regulation No. 26/2023 (Organization and Administrative Order of Indonesian Institute for Health Biology).
  12. Book: Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Republik Indonesia Nomor 27 Tahun 2023 Tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Balai Besar Laboratorium Kesehatan Lingkungan . 2023 . Jakarta . Minister of Health Regulation No. 27/2023 (Organization and Administrative Order of Indonesian Institute for Environmental Health Laboratory).
  13. Web site: Media . Kompas Cyber . 2020-09-29 . Pernyataan Kontroversial Menkes Terawan di Awal Pandemi Covid-19 . 2023-11-19 . KOMPAS.com . id.
  14. Web site: Terawan must go, civil groups say, demanding crisis-sensitive health minister . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200317234245/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/03/17/terawan-must-go-civil-groups-say-demanding-crisis-sensitive-health-minister.html . 17 March 2020 . 2020-03-23 . The Jakarta Post . en.
  15. Web site: 'It's meant to help': Harvard professor responds after government dismisses study on undetected coronavirus cases . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200428135430/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/02/14/its-meant-to-help-harvard-professor-responds-after-government-dismisses-study-on-undetected-coronavirus-cases.html . 28 April 2020 . 2020-02-15 . The Jakarta Post . en.
  16. Web site: 12 February 2020 . Menkes Terawan Tantang Harvard Cek Virus Corona di Indonesia . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200503061023/https://www.liputan6.com/health/read/4177135/menkes-terawan-tantang-harvard-cek-virus-corona-di-indonesia . 3 May 2020 . 2020-02-12 . Liputan6 . id-ID.
  17. Web site: Sihombing . Rolando Fransiscus . Menkes: Kematian Gegara Flu Lebih Tinggi, Kenapa Heboh Corona Luar Biasa? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210201045505/https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4922176/menkes-kematian-gegara-flu-lebih-tinggi-kenapa-heboh-corona-luar-biasa . 1 February 2021 . 2020-03-09 . detiknews . id-ID.
  18. Web site: Farmer . Brit McCandless . March 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about COVID-19 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201008194530/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-2020-03-08/ . 8 October 2020 . 7 October 2020 . CBS. 8 March 2020 .
  19. Web site: Menkes Soal Virus Corona: Orang Sehat Tak Perlu Pakai Masker . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009235511/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20200302155551-20-479793/menkes-soal-virus-corona-orang-sehat-tak-perlu-pakai-masker . 9 October 2020 . 7 October 2020 . CNN.
  20. Web site: Ministry establishes GISAID Academy for improving bioinformatics. November 29, 2023. Antara News.

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