The field of scientific and technological research in the health sector should be consistent with the fundamental problems in health care.Currently, a health problem in Indonesia is still dominated by key issues such as malnutrition, high maternal mortality (maternal mortality), even for first place in the ASEAN countries, infants and children , infectious diseases, making it still a lack of awareness of healthy lifestyles, mental stress, financial pressure, high dependence on drugs raw materials (about 350-400 million dollars per year) and medical devices (approximately $ 500,000,000 in 1996-1997) of imports, the price of drugs and money in the health field.
In addition to poor neighborhood conditions, poor quality of health care in peripheral areas due to the fact that funding for work restrictions or facilities, deviant sexual behavior and the growing number of cases of drug abuse .
In addition to tackling the underlying problem, there is also potential, previously not exploited optimally. As with the availability of various sources of carbohydrates, protein, fat and highly nutritious natural minerals, the way in alternative medicine and conventional medicine as the nation’s cultural heritage, tropical biodiversity and natural resources as a source of other agents non-biological.
You must also have actual skills in an integrated and synergies, such as development, the pharmaceutical industry already in place (but still benefit from a drug maker Sun downstream industries), industry, health equipment / medical instrumentation (such as assembly industry), industry of herbal medicine, TP and institutional research capacity in R & D and availability of medical facilities at different levels.
Here’s an idea of the conditions for the health sector in the country.
And of course the priority areas of medical research and development goes, several solutions to major health problems of some of the largest community in Indonesia are facing.
He also approaches to support the advanced sciences, such as the mobilization of biotechnology should be encouraged, human resource capacity of health science and technology workers, so that you can improve a whole part.
Thus, among other important points in the field of health would be developed as a major priority of the National Science and Technology of Indonesia.
