Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati estimates that the health budget in 2025 will reach around IDR 191.5 trillion to IDR 217.8 trillion.
This figure is higher than the health budget in the 2024 State Budget of IDR 187.5 trillion.
"To support the quality of health, the 2025 health budget is estimated to range from Rp191.5 trillion to Rp217.8 trillion," he explained at the Plenary Meeting at the Indonesian Parliament, Monday, May 20.
In addition, Sri Mulyani said that to realize quality health, it is done by encouraging the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance (JKN) program so that it can improve access to quality health services and improve financial protection for the community.
On the other hand, Sri Mulyani said that the health budget was also directed at accelerating stunting reduction and cases of infectious diseases, strengthening health facilities, and adding nutrition assistance for toddlers and pregnant women.
According to Sri Mulyani, high economic growth must also be accompanied by improved quality of life and community welfare.
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For this reason, he conveyed that efforts are needed to strengthen well-being and strengthen convergence between regions, by providing quality and competitive education, quality health, acceleration of poverty alleviation and decreased inequality, and strengthening the people's economy.
As for the health sector, the government has been able to reduce stunting prevalence from 37.2 percent in 2013 to 21.5 percent in 2023 and will be accelerated to achieve the target of 14 percent by 2024.
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