Healthcare Waste Report - Environment Health

Capital
Jakarta
Area
1,919,440 km 2
Population
237.5 million
Indonesia a country in Southeast
Asia, comprises of 17,508
islands and is the world’s largest
archipelagic state. The country
shares land borders with Papua New
Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia
and is located between the Indian
and the Pacific Oceans. Indonesia
is administratively divided into 30
provinces, two special regions, and
one special capital city district.
Following the implementation of
decentralization beginning on 1
January 2001, the 440 districts or
regencies have become the key
administrative units responsible for
providing most government services.
Healthcare Facilities in Indonesia
Population growth rate
1.175%
GDP - per capita (PPP)
$3,900
GDP - real growth rate
5.9%
(Source: CIA World Fact Book, 2008)
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
Government efforts in providing healthcare
facilities, such as hospitals, public health
centres and public health sub-centres, have
been increasing. Each sub-district in Indonesia
has at least one health centre headed by a
doctor, usually supported by two or three subcentres,
the majority of which are headed by
nurses. Most of the healthcare facilities are
equipped with vehicles or motorboats to serve
as mobile healthcare facilities and provide
services to underserved populations in urban
and remote rural areas. At the village level, the
Integrated Family Health Post provides
preventive and supportive services. These
health posts are established and managed by
the community with the assistance of
healthcare centre staff. Midwives are
employed in the villages to improve maternal
and child health.
In Indonesia, the number of private-owned
and government-administrated hospitals is
652 and 526, respectively. The number of
hospital beds has increased from 124,834 in
2001 to 130,214 in 2002. There are 0.6 beds
per 1000 population. Table below shows the
different type of healthcare facilities in
Indonesia.
Type of healthcare facilities Number of healthcare facilities
Government-administrated 526
Private-owned 652
3 Healthcare Waste in Indonesia: A Status Report, submitted by Ms. Haruki Agustina, Head of Subdivision for Forestry Product Industry, Ministry of Environment,
Jakarta, Indonesia to the Thematic Working Group on Solid and Hazardous Waste
33 HEALTHCARE WASTE IN ASIA: INTUITIONS & INSIGHTS