Ali Ghufron Mukti on Indonesia’s health coverage
Professor Ali Ghufron Mukti, the President Director of the Indonesian Social Security Agency for Health (BPJS Kesehatan) spoke about his role setting up and running Indonesia’s universal health coverage, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) on Thursday 29 June. The scheme, introduced only a decade ago under Professor Mukti’s leadership, now covers more than 90% of the country’s population – more than 254 million people. Research Fellow Dr Shobhana Nagraj hosted him and his family on a visit to Oxford.
In his lecture at Green Templeton, he explained the history of national health coverage in Indonesia, the new system and its challenges and advantages, and made some provocative comparisons to NHS waiting times, as well as to other national healthcare systems around the world. He also outlined the programme’s ambition to reach 100% coverage in the near future.
Shobhana Nagraj and Ali Ghufron Mukti with Principal Sir Michael Dixon and Francis Ayomoh (DPhil Primary Health Care, 2021)
Shobhana commented, ‘It was a pleasure to welcome Professor Mukti and learn of the values of integrity, collaboration, and achieving excellence in service provision and innovation, which lie at the heart of the JKN scheme for Universal Health Coverage in Indonesia.
‘We have a lot to learn from Professor Mukti’s experience and his humility in supporting constant innovation of this scheme to improve quality of healthcare for those most in need in Indonesia.’
