There Is An Inpost And Cellphone Program From IDAI, This Is Piprim Basarah Yunuarso's Explanation

General Chairperson of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association, Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, SpA(K) (Ist Photo)

JAKARTA - Chairperson of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI), Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, SpA(K) offers a new program to help children with congenital heart defects. His name is Inpost and Cellphone. What and how are these two programs implemented?

Based on data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health, about 80 percent of newborns who die in the first 6 days after birth are caused by congenital abnormalities. This figure accounts for the infant mortality rate of about 7 percent. One of the congenital abnormalities is Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Data from the Centers for Health Control and Prevention (CDC) even states that 1 in 100 newborns in the world has congenital heart disease.

The Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) launched the Inpost (Indonesian Newborn Pulse Oxymetry Screening Training) program, namely a one (1) day Critical PJB Screening Training for health workers, doctors, midwives, and nurses; and Mobile Phones (Pulse Oximetry Newborn Screening E-learning) which is a one (1) month Critical CHD screening lesson for health workers. These two programs aim to help reduce the Infant and Child Mortality Rate so that a good quality of life for children can be achieved.

dr Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, SpA(K) with other speakers in the launch of the inpost and cellphone programs. (Ist Photo)

General Chairperson of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association, Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, SpA(K) said, "The frontline guards who can provide this assistance include midwives, general practitioners, or pediatricians who assist in childbirth or Sectio (C-section). And we at IDAI hope that the training program that will be held by IDAI and the Ministry of Health will be able to help health workers who handle births and children to carry out early detection of Congenital Heart Disease. IDAI is committed to helping reduce the Infant and Child Mortality Rate because children are the future of the nation.”

Meanwhile, the General Chair of the Indonesian Midwives Association, DR Emi Nurjasmi, M.Kes, said that the role of midwives was very important in screening during ANC and carried out in an integrated manner and in collaboration with doctors for comprehensive maternal and fetal health checks in accordance with their competence and authority. Midwives as birth attendants must carry out examinations and assessments of the baby immediately after birth to find out any disturbances from the beginning of birth, so that if any disturbances/abnormalities are found, they can be anticipated as early as possible, and midwives must immediately make referrals and collaborate with pediatricians.

While dr. Erna Mulati. M.Sc-CMFM Director of Family Health (Ditkesga) from the Indonesian Ministry of Health said that Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) is one of eight (8) priority congenital disorders that receive attention from the Government. To support the prevention and control of Congenital Heart Disease, one of the policies of the Indonesian Ministry of Health is to strengthen the congenital abnormality information system by establishing priority congenital abnormalities surveillance and strengthening monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. In addition, the Indonesian Ministry of Health has also provided training on surveillance of congenital abnormalities for 35 Referral Hospitals to help monitor prevalence trends, identify clusters in the population and identify risk factors for congenital abnormalities and CHD.

As the Chair of IDAI, Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso, SpA(K) hopes that the socialization of early detection of PJB and the launch of the Inpost and Mobile training program can help reduce infant and child mortality and various related parties can take preventive and promotive efforts against PJB and PJB problems. critical for improving the quality of life of Indonesian infants and children.