Posyandu revival campaign starts

Posyandu revival campaign starts

CIANJUR, West Java: The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
opened a Posyandu (integrated community health post) here on
Tuesday to mark a nationwide revival campaign for the
neighborhood-based health centers in support of the Healthy
Indonesia 2010 program.

"To support the program, the West Java administration will
also distribute some one million Alabendazol worm tablets to
elementary school students in the province," Mariani Reksoprodjo,
spokeswoman for the ministry said on Tuesday.

According to the ministry's data, 70 percent of the around
250,000 Posyandu have been forced to close down due to the
prolonged economic crisis.

The Posyandu are the core units of the health service for
mothers and children, especially in remote areas. (edt)