Ministry Of Health-WHO Indonesia Agree On Health Grant Cooperation

Portrait of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha (left) while agreeing on a cooperation grant in the health sector for the 2022-2023 Biennium Grant Agreement at the Conrad Hotel, Bali, Saturday (14/5/2022). ANTARA/HO-Ministry of Health

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha with WHO Representative in Indonesia Dr. N. Paranietharan agreed on a cooperation grant in the health sector for the 2022-2023 Biennium Grant Agreement.

"Therefore, collaboration with WHO needs to be focused on supporting strategic activities for the implementation of the pillars of transformation in the health sector with good accountability," Kunta said in a written statement quoted by Antara, Saturday, May 14.

Kunta explained that the 2022-2023 Biennium Grant Agreement is a grant cooperation document as a reference for the budget program signed by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health. The document contains a number of information such as the value, form, mechanism and implementation of the WHO per-biennium grant at the ministry level.

The budget work plan program will act as a Grant Agreement between the grant recipients (technical units) at the Ministry of Health and WHO Indonesia. This includes the basis for registering grants based on PMK Number 99 of 2017 and Minister of Health Regulation Number 55 of 2017.

Kunta said at the national level, the cooperation between the Ministry of Health and WHO Indonesia was carried out by referring to the WHO Country Cooperation Strategy or a document containing the WHO's medium-term strategic vision with partner countries for the next five to six years and aligned with the partner country's RPJMN.

With the WHO budget period being carried out for a period of 2 years, the grant agreement between the Ministry of Health and WHO Indonesia is carried out for a period of 2 years through the Biennium Grant Agreement.

"Technical cooperation between the Ministry of Health and WHO Indonesia has also started since the signing of the Basic Agreement in 1951, which was then renewed in 1958," he said.

According to him, the collaboration that was built has the aim of carrying out the activities outlined in the Joint Work Plan of the Indonesian Ministry of Health with WHO Indonesia for the WHO Program Budget 2022-2023, in support of the implementation of the WHO 13th General Program of Work, RPJMN 2020-2024 and the pillars transformation of the Indonesian Ministry of Health.

On that occasion, he admitted that the Ministry of Health is carrying out a transformation in the health sector which includes the transformation of primary health services, the transformation of secondary health services, the transformation of the health resilience system, the transformation of the health financing system, the transformation of health human resources and the transformation of health technology.

Therefore, Kunta appreciated WHO Indonesia for supporting development efforts in the health sector including responding to the pandemic and hoped that the coordination that had been built could be strengthened and could continue to be implemented in accordance with applicable regulations.

"Good coordination also needs to be strengthened to ensure that the collaboration between WHO and the Ministry of Health continues to be carried out in accordance with the applicable corridors and it is necessary to carry out continuous monitoring and evaluation for continuous improvement," he said.