Education Around HIV, Two UI Students Make Achievements At GlobeHealth 2025

JAKARTA - Indonesian students continue to show brilliant work in the international arena, especially in the health sector. From the development of health technology innovation to strengthening disease prevention initiatives, their various achievements are clear evidence of the quality of Indonesia's young generation in the academic world and the global public health profession.

One proud example came from two University of Indonesia (UI) students who managed to make achievements in the prestigious international conference, The 8th Global Health Conference (GlobeHealth) 2025, which took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

Afandi Setia Apriliyan, a student of the Epidemiology Master with a concentration on the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), was named Best Presenter. Meanwhile, Anisful Nail Munawaroh, a student of the Doctoral Program for Public Health Sciences, won an award as Best Social Media Ambassador.

The Dean of the UI Faculty of Public Health, Prof. Mondastri Korib Sudaryo, expressed his pride for this extraordinary achievement. He stated that this achievement was a reflection of the enthusiasm, competence, and dedication of FKM UI students in contributing to the solution to global public health problems.

"This achievement reflects the dedication, academic competence, and the spirit of innovation of FKM UI students in presenting real solutions to public health challenges," he said, as quoted by ANTARA.

In the forum, Afandi presented his research entitled 'The First Phase of Development the Early Warning Alert and Response System (EWARS) Application at Sekarwangi Regional General Hospital, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Indonesia.'

The study discusses the development of web-based early warning applications designed to accelerate the detection and reporting of potentially infectious disease cases into outbreaks.

The EWARS app is designed using an agile approach within the framework of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and has been implemented at 58 puskesmas. This system allows health workers to report cases in real-time, thus supporting faster and more accurate data-based decision-making.

Since its use in February 2024, the system has recorded more than 6,000 diagnosiss of potential outbreak diseases, with pneumonia as the dominant case (2,306 cases), followed by a typhoid (1,881 cases), and dengue fever (955 cases). As of July 2024, 2,439 notifications have been sent, and 1,419 of them have been opened by users.

On the other hand, Anisful Nail Munawaroh presented his research entitled 'Empowering Construction Workers as Facilitators in HIV-AIDS Prevention: A Workplace Health Initiative.' This research highlights the high risk of sexually transmitted infection, including HIV-AIDS, among construction workers, which is influenced by various factors such as male domination, masculinity culture, economic incentives, and high work mobility.

Anisful designed a facilitator training program targeting 30 construction workers. This training includes seminars, case discussions, and workshops in accordance with the HIV-AIDS prevention curriculum set by the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker). The results show a significant increase in the knowledge and readiness of workers in implementing HIV-AIDS prevention practices in their workplaces.