Kemendes PDTT Initiates Primary Service Through Welfare Posyandu

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) initiated the Welfare Posyandu program to increase the role of Posyandu cadres in health services at the primary level. Madjid when reading the speech of Minister of Des PDTT Abdul Halim Iskandar at the Kick Off Primary Service Integration at the Ministry of Health Building in Jakarta, Friday 10 June. He said his party fully supports the Ministry of Health's program in the process of integrating primary services in the form of revitalizing posyandu and puskesmas services in Indonesia. According to him Efforts to utilize the role of posyandu as the end of the chain of integration of national health services are very appropriate. "Actually, it has been appropriate to utilize the posyandu at the end of the health service integration chain, there are 660,116 posyandu, very many and close to residents' settlements," he said. . A total of 67,447 posyandu of which have been funded by the local village government. However, posyandu services at the village level are still limited to health service activities for mothers and children. , handling chronic chronic diseases, handling adolescents, handling the elderly, health insurance education and healthy lifestyles, to the development of clean water infrastructure to health service buildings," he said. residents are also focused on faster and more complete community services. Although currently there are many posyandu that have expanded services, such as youth posyandu, elderly posyandu, and mental health posyandu. keep going by visiting citizens from house to house," said Taufik Madjid.