Tag: Health
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Government Efforts to Build Health Service Integration: What are the Challenges?
Kompas Pagi Primary Health Services (PKP) are the first services accessed at first contact by thecommunity and essential services needed by the community. This program is aimed atall residents in large cities and remote areas of the country. Puskesmas is included in the primary health targets and is the health facility closest tothe community. Remote…
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A Look at the Urgency of Drafting a Perpres on Healthy Districts/Cities in Indonesia
Kompas Pagi Several challenges were faced in passing the Perpres on healthy districts/cities. ThePresidential Regulation on Healthy Districts/Cities follows the previous regulation,namely the Joint Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of HealthNo. 34/2005 on implementing Healthy Cities. Several indicators must be included in theKKS assessment, including smoke-free areas. Pandemic covid 19…
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Bottled Water Contains EG and DEG, What Can We Do?
Kompas Pagi Urban communities fulfill their water needs with bottled drinking water or AMDK.Recently, the public was shocked by the findings of ethylene glycol and diethyleneglycol as raw materials for polyethylene terephthalate or PET plastic used as bottledwater containers. Chemical Toxicologist Budiawan explained that Ethylene Glycol and Diethylene Glycolor EG and DEG are toxic substances;…
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Implementation of Cigarette Tax Revenue Sharing Fund Allocation for Community Welfare by 50%!
Kompas Pagi Cigarettes not only cause health problems but also have an impact on the environment. Cigarette butts are difficult to decompose and pollute the environment. There is a proposal for a 50% budget allocation of cigarette tax revenue sharing funds for community welfare.
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Breaking the Chain of Active Smoking Starts at Home
Kompas Pagi Kompas TV journalist Glenys Octania had the opportunity to participate in a smoke-freearea policies fellowship. Communities need to educate their children from an early ageto break the chain of active smoking in their respective homes. , Through the Ministry ofHealth, the government establishes a smoke-free area, or KTR, that prohibits smokingactivities or producing,…