Financing for disaster health management in Indonesia:

The opportunities and challenges

Webinar Discussion with Community of Practice (CoP) Health Financing
and Health Insurance, and CoP on Disaster Health Management
Center for Health Policy and Management (CHPM), Faculty of Medicine,
Public Health and Nursing (FoM-PHN), Universitas Gadjah Mada

Monday, 14^th October |  10.00 – 11.30 Am
Common Room, Research and Development Building, FoM-PHN UGM

Introduction:

The health sector views disasters as one of determinant of public health, as well as a potential cause of health crises in a society. The main principal of disaster management in the health sector is to maintain the system keep running well albeit in disaster event so that health target and objective in pre disaster can continue running (as per the WHO framework for six building blocks of a health system). This requires good preparation and also good budgeting.

This is in line with Indonesia policy for International Health Regulation and Global Health Security commitment, that Indonesia has committed to participate in preparing adequate health security financing for normal and emergency/ disaster situation. However, it has many challenges for implementation from national to sub national, such as lack of willingness of local government and also lack of local stakeholder capacity for planning and budgeting based on local specific hazards. As well as, National Health Coverage’s funds can’t be used for cases of disaster, and financing for emergency phase use of ready-to-use fund or unexpected fund from Local Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB), and Provincial/District Health Office doesn't have adequate budget for disaster both for cope of health impact by natural disaster or man-made/non natural disaster (outbreaks).

Thus, we need to discussing the opportunities and challenges financing for disaster health management in Indonesia through community of practice.

Related research:

1. Budgeting of a local government for disaster and health cricis in Indonesia. Proceeding on World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. Supplement journal Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: 32(1) 2017. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X17001716
2. When Disaster Strike. Published in website Indonesia-Melbourne. https://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/when-disaster-strikes/
3. Health Sector Preparedness During the Eid-al-Fitr Homecoming Across Indonesia in 2017. Proceeding on World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. Supplement journal Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: 34(1) 2019. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X19001444
4. Disaster Preparedness Level in Health Sector: Case Studi in Ende District, Indonesia. Proceeding on World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. Supplement journal Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: 30(1) 2015.

Schedule:

Day        : Monday, 14^th October 2019
Time      : 10.00 – 11.30 Am
Place     : Common Room, Research and Development Building, FoM-PHN UGM

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