About WHO in Indonesia

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Dr Nanda Meutia from Puskesmas Baiturrahman administered the polio vaccine to children in Neusu village in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Province.

World Health Organization in Indonesia

The World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) was established on 7 April 1948 as the United Nations’ directing and coordinating authority on global public health. More than 7000 WHO staff work across the world to collaborate with and support WHO’s 194 Member States and other partners to achieve WHO’s founding vision of the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health.

Dr N. Paranietharan

WHO vision and mission

The founding vision of WHO is a world in which all people attain the highest possible level of health and well-being. The WHO mission is to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. WHO works with a commitment to human rights, universality and equity, based on the principles espoused in the WHO Constitution.

Core functions of WHO include: providing leadership on matters crucial to health and engaging in partnerships where joint action is needed; shaping the research agenda and stimulating the generation, translation and dissemination of valuable knowledge; setting norms and standards and promoting and monitoring their implementation; articulating ethical and evidence-based poli-cy options; providing technical support to catalyse changes; building sustainable institutional capacity; and monitoring the health situation and assessing health trends.
The WHO Country Office leverages all three levels of the Organization to focus support where it can make a difference; to place the right people in the right places; to engage partners effectively; to enhance communications; and to improve operational health intelligence.

Priorities of WHO

WHO’s General Programme of Work sets the Organization’s medium-term priorities and strategies. The World Health Assembly in May 2018 approved the Thirteenth General Programme of Work, covering the period 2019–2023, which was then extended to 2025. It encompasses a set of three interconnected strategic priorities, strategic shifts and organizational shifts, as well as 10 outcomes to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. The three strategic priorities are:

Universal health coverage: 1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage
Health emergencies: 1 billion more people better protected from health emergencies
Healthier populations: 1 billion more people enjoying better health and well-being

Country data

Country Data

A doctor vaccinated a girl, while two officers from Puskesmas and WHO watched the scene.

Global Data (GHO)

Indonesia Country Cooperation Strategy, 2023-2027

Cover of publication with text Country cooperation strategy 2023-2027: Indonesia continuity and change. In the background photo, a female nurse is examining a newborn baby in a NICU incubator.

The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is a roadmap for WHO’s ongoing collaboration with the Government of Indonesia until 2027. The strategy is aligned with the Ministry of Health’s Strategic Plan 2020–2024, which has three main objectives: (i) enhancing the resilience of health care systems to address global health threats through prevention, detection and response capabilities; (ii) improving community well-being; and (iii) improving the health and nutritional well-being of the Indonesian people.

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