A Healthy Indonesia Program At Ogan Komering Ulu

The OKU Health Office checks the family health of the OKU Regency community (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Health Office of Ogan Komering Ulu Regency, South Sumatra has launched a Healthy Indonesia program through an approach to family members to improve the health of the community in the region.

"The Healthy Indonesia Program with a Family Approach (PIS/PK) is a movement launched by the central government in 2016," said Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) District Public Health Extension Officer, Edwin, in Baturaja, reported by Antara, Sunday, February.

He explained that this program targets all communities in OKU Regency through a direct approach to record the problems of each family while providing free health check services to residents' homes.

According to him, in general, the family planning (KB) problems are still not understood by the community in OKU Regency.

Therefore, to create a healthy family, it can be started from participating in family planning programs on an ongoing basis in order to limit the distance between the birth of children.

"Toddler growth must also be monitored regularly every month at Posyandu or other health facilities," he said.

According to Edwin, a clean and healthy lifestyle is the main factor in protecting families from spreading various diseases.

Therefore, through these activities, the OKU Health Office provides education to the public so that they have a clean and healthy lifestyle to avoid the spread of infectious and non-communicable diseases.

Apart from that, they also keep the surrounding environment clean by using a latrine and always use clean water for their daily needs.

"In order for people to stay healthy, it must also be ensured that no family member smokes. Because the toxins in cigarettes are very dangerous for the health of the human body," he said.