The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health, society, and the economy globally and in Indonesia.The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the use of intra-action reviews (IARs) to identify best practices, gaps, and lessons learned to make real-time improvements to the COVID-19 response. The Emergency Committee of the International Health Regulations (2005) has recommended that countries share COVID-19 best practices and lessons learned with peer countries through IARs. Using WHO-established methodology, we conducted the first IAR of Indonesia's COVID-19 response from January through August 2020. The review covered 10 thematic areas (pillars): (1) command and coordination; (2) operational support and logistics; (3) surveillance, rapid response teams, risk assessment, and field investigation; (4) laboratories;(5) case management; (6) infection prevention and control; (7) risk communication and community empowerment; (8) points of entry, international travel, and transportation; (9) large-scale social restrictions; and (10) maintaining essential health services and systems. We held focus group discussions with a variety of stakeholders from a range of government departments, provincial health offices, and nongovernmental organizations. We used the results of the focus group discussions and other key findings from the IAR to formulate recommendations. The IAR identified key areas for improvement at national and subnational levels across all 10 pillars. Priority recommendations included improving multisectoral coordination and monitoring of COVID-19 response plan indicators; strengthening implementation of public health response measures, including case detection, isolation, infection prevention and control, contact tracing, and quarantine; and improving data collection, analysis, and reporting to inform public health risk assessment and response. The IAR is a useful tool for reviewing progress and identifying areas to improve the COVID-19 response in real time and provides a means to share information on areas of need with COVID-19 response partners and contributes to International Health Regulations (2005) core capacity development.
This study aimed to assess the level of HIV treatment knowledge, empathy, and HIV stigma of pharmacy students and pharmacists working with patients as well as potential factors associated with stigma. This survey included 250 hospital pharmacists within 33 provinces and 1013 final-year pharmacy students from Java, the most populated island in Indonesia. The data were collected via Qualtrics® and distributed by WhatsApp. The mean age of the participants was (Mean ± SD) 24.68 ± 5.30 years, and 80.0% were female. The mean knowledge score of students and pharmacists were 14.14 ± 2.01 and 15.39 ± 1.87, respectively, out of the maximum score of 21. The mean empathy score of students and pharmacists was 72.06 ± 5.39 and 77.40 ± 1.35, respectively out of the maximum score of 105. The mean stigma score of students and pharmacists was 21.02 ± 4.65 and 20.66 ± 4.41, respectively, out of a maximum score of 48. Regression analysis showed that knowledge, empathy, and willingness to counsel patients were negatively associated with stigma. Working with patients was positively associated with stigma. A multi-level intervention including education may reduce stigma and strengthen the role of pharmacists in caring for patients.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) merupakan jenis penyakit menular baru yang sampai saat ini masih ditetapkan sebagai pandemi. Berbagai studi menyebutkan risiko kematian COVID-19 lebih tinggi pada kelompok lanjut usia terutama dengan riwayat penyakit penyerta. Ketersediaan rumah sakit dan laboratorium pemeriksa COVID-19 yang tidak adekuat juga dapat memberikan pengaruh terhadap tingginya angka kematian COVID-19. Studi ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan tingkat kematian COVID-19 di wilayah Indonesia dengan mengontrol variabel usia serta didukung dengan analisis ketersediaan rumah sakit dan laboratorium pemeriksa COVID-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain studi potong lintang (cross sectional) dengan data sekunder laporan COVID-19 nasional di Kementerian Kesehatan periode Maret 2020 – Mei 2021. Analisis dilakukan dengan metode standardisasi langsung terhadap variabel usia sehingga dihasilkan nilai Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kematian COVID-19 di Indonesia tertinggi yaitu pada kelompok lanjut usia (>65 tahun). Setelah dilakukan standardidasi, pulau Jawa (3,82 per 100 kasus) dan pulau Sumatera (3,76 per 100 kasus) menjadi wilayah dengan rate kematian tertinggi. Berdasarkan provinsi, rate kematian tertinggi yaitu provinsi Sumatera Selatan (6,14 per 100 kasus), Jawa Timur (5,93 per 100 kasus) dan Aceh (5,59 per 100 kasus). Ketersediaan rumah sakit berbanding terbalik dengan jumlah kematian COVID-19 yang dilaporkan. Sedangkan, ketersediaan laboratorium pemeriksa COVID-19 berbanding linier dengan jumlah kasus konfirmasi COVID-19 yang dilaporkan. Ketersediaan rumah sakit dan laboratorium pemeriksa COVID-19 harus didukung dengan sarana penunjang operasional. Penelitian ini menjadi penting terutama bagi pemerintah baik pusat maupun daerah untuk menentukan prioritas kelompok intervensi serta mendukung upaya percepatan penanggulangan pandemi COVID-19.
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