Indonesia Health Fund Pendiriannya Didukung Bill Gates
Indonesia Health Fund will be Supports by Bill Gates
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Bill Gates, filantropis sekaligus orang terkaya versi majalah Forbes Bill Gates akan datang ke Indonesia guna mendukung pembentukan Indonesia Health Fund (IHF) oleh para pengusaha di Tanah Air.
"Kedatangan Bill Gates merupakan momentum untuk mengajak pengusaha Tanah Air bergabung di IHF," kata Menkokesra Agung Laksono di Jakarta, Selasa.
Agung menjelaskan, IHF merupakan inisiatif yang baik yang diharapkan dapat membantu pemerintah dalam mengatasi berbagai masalah kesehatan khususnya bagi masyarakat miskin.
Karena itu, Agung mengajak seluruh pengusaha Indonesia untuk bergabung dalam IHF.
Gates, tambah Agung, dijadwalkan datang pada awal April mendatang dan akan meninjau sejumlah sentra kesehatan masyarakat sekaligus akan mendonasikan dana untuk IHF.
Sementara itu, Chairman dan CEO Mayapada Group Dato Sri Dr Taher langkah Bill Gates diharapkan dapat menjadi contoh bagi pengusaha yang ada di Indonesia.
"Pengusaha harus menanamkan bahwa keuntungan usaha harus disisihkan untuk kepentingan masyarakat luas," katanya.
Dia menambahkan bantuan yang terkumpul nantinya akan disalurkan di Indonesia dan fokus pada lima problem kesehatan yakni malaria, TBC, demam berdarah dan keluarga berencana.
Sementara itu menurut WHO diperkirakan 50 persen penduduk Indonesia masih tinggal di daerah endemis malaria.
Jakarta (B2B) - American business magnate, investor, computer programmer, inventor and philanthropist William Henry "Bill" Gates III will soon arrive in Jakarta to support the establishment of Indonesia Health Fund (IHF), a minister has stated.
"The presence of Bill Gates in Indonesia early next month will give a good impetus to local business makers to join Indonesia Health Fund," Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare Agung Laksono stated here on Tuesday.
Agung explained that IHF is expected to help the Government of Indonesia overcome numerous health problems, particularly those endured by the poor community in the country.
Therefore the minister has encouraged all business makers in the country to participate in the Indonesia Health Fund program to overcome health problems in Indonesia.
Agung added that Bill Gates is expected to arrive in Indonesia early in April 2014 and is scheduled to visit a number of community health centers and donate funds for the IHF.
Meanwhile, Mayapada Group Chairman and CEO Dato Sri Taher stated that Bill Gates initiative to donate funds for IHF could be an example for business makers in Indonesia to follow.
"With the establishment of IHF, the business makers in Indonesia are expected to be willing to allocate some of their profits toward the needs of the people at large," Taher noted.
He pointed out that the donation from the business makers could then be used to overcome major health problems like malaria, tuberculosis (TBC), dengue fever, and others including family planning programs.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), around 50 percent of Indonesian population live in malaria prone areas.
