The Ministry of Health has committed to carrying out Health Transformation towards the Golden Indonesia 2045. The Directorate General of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices supports the implementation of Health Transformation, especially in Primary Care Transformation, Referral Service Transformation, Health Security System Transformation and Health Technology Transformation.

Health supplies are an important component for the implementation of primary care, referral services, and their availability is guaranteed by realizing pharmaceutical and medical device resilience.

The management of drugs, vaccines, and medical devices as health supplies is one of the mandates of Law no 17 of 2023 concerning Health. Article 314 states that the Central Government and Regional Governments are responsible for the availability, equity, and affordability of Health Supplies needed to organize Health Efforts.

Therefore, in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, on June 4-5, 2024, the Directorate General of Health organized the Forum Nusantara Farmasi dan Alat Kesehatan (FornusFA).

In his remarks, Minister of Health Budi G. Sadikin said that as a form of openness and inclusiveness of the Ministry of Health in ensuring the implementation of policies and programs in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, the Nusantara Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Forum was present to provide a space for discussion and exchange of ideas so that policies and programs in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors can be more grounded and answer problems in the field.

"By taking the theme ”Realizing Golden Indonesia: Support for the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Sector", the purpose of this activity is expected to open views, formulate recommendations and commitment as well as cross-program and cross-sector integration in efforts to improve the quality of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device sector for the advancement of health transformation towards Golden Indonesia 2045, ”said Director General of Pharmacy L. Rizka Andalusia.

The activity is carried out with the method of presenting material both from the center and sharing best practices by regional agencies or health facilities, and continued with discussions between central participants and regional participants, and there are parallel thematic class sessions that will discuss different topics for the implementation of health transformation, especially in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.

In addition, FornusFA also provides consultation booths related to substances that support the implementation of pharmaceutical and medical device programs such as STR and SKP, Healthy Platearan, Good Drug Distribution Methods and pharmacy supervision, procurement of drugs and medical devices through ecatalogs, vaccine planning and drug programs, domestic product purchasing policies, mobile medical equipment, medical device specifications in medical equipment procurement planning, and medical equipment calibration.

FornusFA in 2024 was attended by approximately 600 participants from representatives of the Provincial Health Office, representatives of RSUD, representatives of Puskesmas and representatives of the Agency for the Safeguarding of Medical Devices and Facilities (BPAFK) from various regions in Indonesia as well as academics from UGM and UI.

At this forum, appreciation was also given to the Provincial/Regency/City offices with outstanding achievements in the field of pharmacy and medical devices, as follows:

1. Provincial Health Office with the best SMILE ATM Implementation:
   • Central Java Province Health Office
   • Bengkulu Province Health Office
   • West Nusa Tenggara Province Health Office
2. Appreciation for the Provincial Health Office in the pilot project of SMILE ATM expansion:
   • Papua Province Health Office
   • Special Region of Yogyakarta Health Office
   • East Nusa Tenggara Province Health Office
3. Best Regency/City Health Office in Vaccine Management through SMILE Application:
   • West Regional: Tegal City Health Office
   • Central Regional: Karangasem Regency Health Office
   • East Regional: Ambon City Health Office
4. Best Provincial Health Office in Antibiotic Resistance Control:
   • Special Region of Yogyakarta Health Office
   • Bali Province Health Office
   • Banten Province Health Office
5. Provincial Health Office with the Largest Domestic Product Drug Expenditure in 2023:
   • West Sulawesi Province Health Office
   • Southeast Sulawesi Province Health Office
   • West Sumatra Province Health Office
6. Regency/City Health Office with the Largest Domestic Product Drug Expenditure in 2023:
   • Gunungsitoli City Health Office, North Sumatra
   • South Lampung Regency Health Office, Lampung Province
   • North Nias Regency Health Office, North Sumatra Province