The availability of accurate information is now recognized as one of the key strategies to improve the capacity of the national health system and prevent future health crises. Anthony M. Dermawan (The Jakarta Post) Premium The SatuSehat app, a facelift of the government’s COVID-19 testing and tracing app PeduliLindungi, is photographed on March 3, 2023. (JP/Niken Prathivi) I n the final presidential election debate on Feb. 4, the three candidates articulated their perspectives on health-related issues, encompassing a strengthened emphasis on preventive and promotive measures, enhanced accessibility to healthcare facilities, augmentation of the medical workforce and the modernization of health infrastructure. However, we did not hear their commitment to transforming the national health system and optimizing digital innovation in the system. The country’s experience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic shows how the national health system is overwhelmed when faced with a crisis. The capacity, which was not designed to face such a large-scale disruption, went into a state of shock as the virus spread. That is also the case with diseases and other health problems considered a national scourge, including tuberculosis (TB), which claimed the second-highest number of lives after COVID-19 at approximately 93,000 in 2022. Meanwhile, the […]
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