JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto met WHO Director General Dr Tedros A Gebreyesus at his office in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 30.
"The Defense Minister and the WHO Director General discussed several agendas related to handling the COVID-19 pandemic and other health security issues," said the spokesman for the Minister of Defense, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak in a statement, Thursday, July 1.
On that occasion, Prabowo also gave his appreciation to Tedros regarding the WHO's function as a forum that facilitates coordination between countries and partners for handling COVID-19.
In addition, said Dahnil, Prabowo also discussed efforts to increase Indonesia's health security capacity. "One of the things that the Minister of Defense raised was efforts to increase Indonesia's capacity related to Indonesian health security, in particular the role of the Ministry of Defense and defense resources in dealing with the current pandemic and Indonesia's preparedness. face health emergencies in the future. Dahnil said that the Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Defense, plans to build a center of excellence in the field of health security at the provincial level. That way, he said, health security and pandemic handling in all Military Hospitals in the country could be even stronger. "This initiative will strengthen Indonesia's capacity in detecting and countering health security challenges in the future, and will continue to strengthen 110 Military Hospitals. throughout Indonesia to deal with the pandemic," he said. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, he continued, also continued to initiate efforts to strengthen the Center of Excellence at the Defense University. For example, to strengthen research and candidates for Military Doctors and military biologists who can become health defense forces in the future.
"This includes supporting important research in the field of health carried out by Military doctors in Military Hospitals," he said.
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