Improvement of Environmental Health Improvement of Health Efforts

Page 27 of 88 Private partnership is developed further by facilitating primarily the construction of referral health service hospitals and other medical services, by attending the efficiency of the overall health service system. Private partnership is also increased in prevention of diseases and improvement of health level. The roles of professional organizations as part of the society’s organizations are to be stepped up mainly in aspects related to compilation and supervision of professional standards and ethics in health services. Professional organizations are encouraged to participate actively advancing science and technology in health, help government in formulation of policies and management and supervision of health development implementation and function also in providing input to development of health human resources.

3. Improvement of Environmental Health

The environmental health of settlements, working places and public places and tourism resorts is to be improved through the supply and supervision of qualified water especially the plumbing, regulation of rubbish disposal places, preparation of waste disposal facilities and various other environment sanitary facilities. So that the residents can live healthily and productively as well as be prevented from dangerous diseases which are disseminated through or caused by unhealthy environment. The quality of water, air and soil is to be improved to assure healthy and productive life so that the country is prevented from conditions that can incur health hazards. For that, improvement and revision of various rules and regulations, education on healthy environment since early ages, and standardization of environmental quality are necessary. Control over agents, vectors and reservoirs of diseases is needed to create a healthy environment for the whole society. Special attention is directed to environmental troubles caused by technology utilization and dangerous substances, overt exploitation of natural resources, and those caused by disasters, either natural or man made ones. The global impacts of climate change should be cautioned especially those related to the occurrence of various health troubles, beside negative impacts of foodstuff scarcity influencing the community’s nutrition.

4. Improvement of Health Efforts

In order to maintain public health status during the economic crisis, health efforts are prioritized to overcome the aftermath of crisis beside to continue keeping health development improvement. In overcoming the aftermath of crisis, special attention is given to high-risk groups from poor families so that their health level do not worsen and they remain productive. Government is in charge of health service fund for the poor community. After passing the economic critical period, health state of the society is managed to improve through prevention and decrease in morbidity, mortality and disability especially among the infants, under 5 years old children and pregnant, laboring and puerperal women, through the healthy life promotive efforts, prevention and Page 28 of 88 eradication of contagious diseases and the cure and rehabilitation of diseases. The main priority is given to eradication of contagious diseases and outbreaks which tend to rise. Greater attention is given to efforts to realize higher working productivity, through various occupational health service efforts including nutritional improvement and work force’s physical fitness and other health efforts related to health of work environment and settlement areas, especially for people living in the slum areas. Increase in health efforts is implemented through supporting private sector partnership and society’s potentials. Improvement in health efforts of the governmental sector is prioritized on health services having broad impacts to public health. While individual health services of curative and rehabilitative nature are mainly trusted to private. Basic health services that are implemented through puskesmas, helper puskesmas, midwives at villages, and private health service efforts are improved in equality and quality. The same improvement is also applied on referral health services that are implemented by hospitals owned by the government and the private. Improvement in quality is done through positioning midwives at villages, development of existing puskesmas and construction of helper puskesmas equipped with facilities. Improvement in service quality is done through implementation of quality assurance by puskesmas and hospitals.

5. Improvement of Health Resources