West Jakarta Achieves High Achievements In The Universal Health Service With 99.95% Participation Of BPJS Health

Mayor of West Jakarta, Uus Kuswanto received the Universal Health Convergence (UHC) award or the Universal Health Coverage from the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ma'ruf Amin, (photo: dock. between)

Jakarta, The scope of the Universal Health Service (Universal Health Coverage/UHC) in West Jakarta reached an impressive figure of 99.95 percent until May 2024, covering a total population of 2,615,945 people. This achievement was realized through community participation in the BPJS Health program, part of the National Health Insurance-Healthy Indonesian Cards (JKN-KIS).

West Jakarta Mayor Uus Kuswanto revealed that UHC is part of an effort to ensure that every individual has access to fair, comprehensive, and quality health services without financial barriers. "By being covered by BPJS Kesehatan, the public can get help if they experience illness or other medical needs," he said when confirmed in Jakarta on Friday, August 9.

On this occasion, the Mayor of West Jakarta also appealed to residents of DKI Jakarta, especially West Jakarta, to continue to take advantage of this health guarantee and maintain health preventively. "We hope that there will be no more residents who do not get good health services," he added.

As an award for this achievement, Uus Kuswanto, Mayor of West Jakarta, received an award from Vice President Ma'ruf Amin at the 2024 UHC Awards which took place at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), East Jakarta, Thursday, August 8. This award was also given to regional heads in 33 provinces and 460 regencies or cities throughout Indonesia as recognition of their efforts in realizing UHC.

Other regional heads in various parts of Indonesia also received awards for their contribution in increasing the coverage of health services in their respective regions.