Ministry of Health and KPK sign MoU to strengthen anti-corruption efforts in healthcare sector
Jakarta — The Ministry of Health and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding cooperation in strengthening efforts to combat corruption in the healthcare sector for the 2026–2030 period.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated in Jakarta on Thursday that the healthcare sector has high complexity, including in financing and service management. For this reason, strengthening governance has become an important part of the ongoing health transformation.
Through this agreement, both institutions will strengthen coordination, data exchange, and various corruption prevention and eradication efforts to improve transparency and accountability in the implementation of health programmes.
The Memorandum of Understanding represents a continuation of previous cooperation that ended in December 2025.
Sadikin added that the Ministry of Health is committed to continuously improving systems and internal governance to prevent systematic corruption. “We at the Ministry of Health are very serious about improving the system in this institution and also in the health industry ecosystem. We want to ensure that corrupt practices, especially those of a systematic nature, can be minimised as much as possible,” Budi said.
The Health Minister also emphasised that the commitment to building integrity must begin from within the organisation, including strengthening a culture of clean and transparent work. “We must improve systems whilst building a clean culture. Systems without good culture will not work. For this reason, integrity must start from leadership and serve as an example for all levels,” he said.
In the same forum, KPK Chairperson Setyo Budiyanto stated that cooperation between the KPK and the Ministry of Health is an important step to strengthen anti-corruption efforts in the public sector. “Collaboration between the KPK and the Ministry of Health must become increasingly strong, especially in prevention efforts. Effective prevention will help us avoid lengthy and complex enforcement processes,” Setyo said.
He also emphasised the importance of leadership in ensuring supervision operates effectively down to the lowest level in the organisation. “Leaders must not remain in safe zones. Supervision must run from the leadership level down to the lowest level so there is no room for individuals attempting to exploit the situation,” Setyo said.
Beyond the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, the event also included the presentation of awards to Ministry of Health work units that successfully achieved the Integrity Zone status towards Corruption-Free Zones (WBK) and Clean Bureaucracy Serving Areas (WBBM) at the national level in 2025.
Through strengthening collaboration with the KPK, the Ministry of Health hopes that efforts to build integrity culture and clean governance can continue to be strengthened to support the realisation of a transparent, accountable national health system oriented towards serving the public.