Activating national development with health concerns Maintaining and improving qualified, equal and accessible health services

Page 22 of 88 society in the future is able to access qualified health services without obstruction, either economic or non-economic one. The qualified health services referred before are those satisfying the users of the services and those being implemented according to standards and ethics of professional services. Hopefully with the materialization of healthy environment and living behavior beside the increase in the society’s capability as stated above, the health level of individuals, families and society can be upgraded optimally. Mission of Health Development In order to materialize the vision HEALTHY INDONESIA 2010, four missions of health development have been determined as follow:

1. Activating national development with health concerns

The success in health development can not be merely decided by hard working of the health sector alone, but it is strongly influenced by the results of hard working and positive contribution from various other developmental sectors. In order to optimize the results and positive contribution, the acceptance of health concerns as the principal foundation of national developmental programs should be striven for. In other words, to materialize HEALTHY INDONESIA 2010, the persons in charge of developmental programs should put health considerations into all their developmental policies. The developmental programs that do not contribute positively to health, not to mention those being harmful to health, normally should not be implemented. In order to realize the national development that contributes positively to health as stated before, then all elements of the National Health System should take part as the main activators of the national development with health concerns. 2. Urging society’s autonomy for healthy living Health is the joint responsibility of all individuals, society, government and private. The roles played by the government, without awareness of individuals and society to maintain their health independen tly, will only bear little fruit. The healthy behavior and society’s capability to select and acquire qualified health services strongly decide the success of health development. Hence, one of the main health efforts or missions in health sector is to ur ge the society’s autonomy for healthy living.

3. Maintaining and improving qualified, equal and accessible health services

Maintaining and improving qualified, equal and accessible health services contain the meaning that one of the responsibilities of the health sector is to assure the availability of qualified, equal and accessible health services to the society. The implementation of health services is not merely in the hands of the government, but it also involves maximally the active participation of all members of the society and various private potentials. Page 23 of 88

4. Maintaining and improving health of the individuals, families and society as well