3 March 2011 (IRIN)
Photo: Jefri Aries/IRIN
Clean water still scarce in Jakarta’s slums
JAKARTA, - Indonesia's recently released 2010 national basic health survey shows the country is making progress on several health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but is still struggling to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
"There is a decrease in the level of household access to improved drinking water sources, especially in urban areas," the report states.
In addition, the country needs to bring down the prevalence of underweight children by at least another 2.4 percent by 2015 to reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger to 15.5 percent, as measured by the rate of underweight children under the age of five, the report noted.
Below are some highlights from the survey:
2010 Basic Health Survey at a glance
Indicator Ratio
Households that consumed less than 20 litres of water per day/person 14%
Households (rural and urban) with access to improved drinking water 45.1% (the capital Jakarta - 25.9%)
Households with access to improved sanitation 55.5%
Households nationwide that practised open defecation at least 17.2%
Underweight (weight to age ratio) children under five years 17.9% (18.4% in 2007)
Severely underweight under-five children 4.9%
Eighteen out of the country's 32 provinces had higher rates of underweight children than the national average, with the highest being in Central Kalimantan at 22.3% 4.9%
Chronic malnutrition (as measured by stunting, or height to age ratio) among under-five children 35.7% (36.7% in 2007)
Prevalence of wasting (weight to height ratio, acute malnutrition) 13.3% (13.6% in 2007)
Proportion of Indonesians who consumed less than minimum daily dietary requirement 40.7%
Children aged 12-23 months who received measles vaccinations 74.5%
Rate of deliveries attended by skilled health workers in 2009 82.2% (75.4% in 2007; 40.7% in 1990)
Pregnant women who received antenatal check-ups by skilled health workers 83.8%
Indonesians aged 15 and above who were aware of HIV/AIDS 57.5%
Those who knew HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sex and intravenous drug use 51.4%
Newly diagnosed cases of malaria 22.9 per 1,000 people
Provinces recording the most malaria cases (Papua 261.5, West Papua 253.4, East Nusa Tenggara 117.5 and North Maluku 103.2)
Proportion of the population with malaria recorded during the last month of the survey 10.6%
Proportion of the population with tuberculosis diagnosed from 2009-2010 725 per 100,000 people
Indonesians aged 15 and above who smoked daily 28.2%
Smokers who consumed between one and 10 cigarettes a day 52.3%
Source: Basic Health Survey (Riskesdas) 2010
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=92082
Photo: Jefri Aries/IRINClean water still scarce in Jakarta’s slums
JAKARTA, - Indonesia's recently released 2010 national basic health survey shows the country is making progress on several health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but is still struggling to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
"There is a decrease in the level of household access to improved drinking water sources, especially in urban areas," the report states.
In addition, the country needs to bring down the prevalence of underweight children by at least another 2.4 percent by 2015 to reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger to 15.5 percent, as measured by the rate of underweight children under the age of five, the report noted.
Below are some highlights from the survey:
2010 Basic Health Survey at a glance
Indicator Ratio
Households that consumed less than 20 litres of water per day/person 14%
Households (rural and urban) with access to improved drinking water 45.1% (the capital Jakarta - 25.9%)
Households with access to improved sanitation 55.5%
Households nationwide that practised open defecation at least 17.2%
Underweight (weight to age ratio) children under five years 17.9% (18.4% in 2007)
Severely underweight under-five children 4.9%
Eighteen out of the country's 32 provinces had higher rates of underweight children than the national average, with the highest being in Central Kalimantan at 22.3% 4.9%
Chronic malnutrition (as measured by stunting, or height to age ratio) among under-five children 35.7% (36.7% in 2007)
Prevalence of wasting (weight to height ratio, acute malnutrition) 13.3% (13.6% in 2007)
Proportion of Indonesians who consumed less than minimum daily dietary requirement 40.7%
Children aged 12-23 months who received measles vaccinations 74.5%
Rate of deliveries attended by skilled health workers in 2009 82.2% (75.4% in 2007; 40.7% in 1990)
Pregnant women who received antenatal check-ups by skilled health workers 83.8%
Indonesians aged 15 and above who were aware of HIV/AIDS 57.5%
Those who knew HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sex and intravenous drug use 51.4%
Newly diagnosed cases of malaria 22.9 per 1,000 people
Provinces recording the most malaria cases (Papua 261.5, West Papua 253.4, East Nusa Tenggara 117.5 and North Maluku 103.2)
Proportion of the population with malaria recorded during the last month of the survey 10.6%
Proportion of the population with tuberculosis diagnosed from 2009-2010 725 per 100,000 people
Indonesians aged 15 and above who smoked daily 28.2%
Smokers who consumed between one and 10 cigarettes a day 52.3%
Source: Basic Health Survey (Riskesdas) 2010
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=92082
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