Preventing the Next Pandemic, Pijar Foundation Launches Collaborative Action Plan for Healthcare System Digitalization
- Hilda Halida
- Jun 25, 2024
- 2 min read
Jakarta – Preventing the next pandemic is a top priority agenda for Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries. Health systems can no longer remain reactive; they must become more preventive and effective through digitalization.
Especially after Indonesia assumed the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023, digital transformation in healthcare to prevent future pandemics and improve daily health services has increasingly emerged as a critical issue for our shared future.
Against this backdrop, Pijar Foundation launched a white paper titled “Accelerating Southeast Asia’s Predictive Healthcare System.” This policy paper is a follow-up to the Global Future Fellows (GFF): Advancing Southeast Asia’s Predictive Healthcare program, which gathered 41 strategic multi-sector fellows from six Southeast Asian countries in October 2023 in Jakarta.
The white paper outlines several collaborative action plans and policy recommendations. One of them includes the development of a research and knowledge exchange ecosystem (hub) focused on AI-based health technologies and health data security.
The white paper launch event was attended by the Vice Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Dante Saksono Harbuwono, who emphasized the urgency of accelerating health system transformation.
Vice Minister of Health Dante stated in his remarks:“Precise databases and healthcare services supported by technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) enable patients, medical personnel, the pharmaceutical industry, researchers, and the Government to formulate more integrated policies.”
Cazadira F. Tamzil, Director of Public Policy at Pijar Foundation, highlighted the importance of cross-sector and cross-country collaboration in building a stronger healthcare system.
“Collaboration is key to preventing the next pandemic and improving the quality of daily healthcare services. The pandemic has made us realize that health challenges are highly complex and require innovative and collaborative solutions based on technology, involving the public sector, private sector, and communities across Southeast Asia,” she explained.
The “Accelerating Southeast Asia’s Predictive Healthcare System” white paper was collaboratively developed by Pijar Foundation and 41 fellows who are strategic players in the healthcare sector. These fellows came from diverse backgrounds—doctors, nurses, government institutions, universities, industry associations, and startups—from six Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, and the Philippines). The writing process began in October 2023, during which fellows participated in a series of in-depth discussions, expert sessions, and masterclasses in Jakarta that led to the creation of various Collaborative Action Plans.
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