RGHI Start of the Academic Year Event

Indonesia introduced its National Health Insurance (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional – JKN) in 2014, aiming to achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2019. These ambitious reforms consolidated existing health insurance schemes to form the largest single-payer scheme in the world, with the goal of expanding social health insurance to cover the entire population.

While insurance coverage and the use of health care services have increased under JKN, the reforms have also faced substantial challenges, such as reaching a large informal sector, maintaining financial sustainability, and addressing service preparedness. As Indonesia has transitioned to an upper middle-income country, its health challenges have also evolved. 

Income growth, declining poverty, lifestyle and nutritional changes, and demographic shifts, have contributed to a gradual change in the burden of disease and new public health policy priorities. The 10-year anniversary of JKN coincides with a change in government, as President Joko Widodo will be succeeded by Prabowo Subianto.

Are you an early career researcher? 

To showcase ongoing work on the broader theme of health and health care in Indonesia, we invite early career researchers to give a 5-minute pitch about their work. If you are interested in this, please send an email to rghi@eur.nl before the 9th of September and we will share further instructions.

Programme

Further details of the RGHI Start of the Academic Year Event will be communicated closer to the date. Participation is free of charge but registration is required. 

Online participation

There will be a maximum number of seats available and online participation is possible upon request via rghi@eur.nl, please send your request at least two days in advance of the event.

Register for the RGHI Start of the Academic Year event 2024 by filling in the form: