July 21, 2022

The Indonesian Ministry of Health held blood-added tablets (TTD) for female students in Bogor Regency. This activity is an implementation of the primary service transformation launched by the Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin.

As a first step, the provision of TTD was carried out in 4 schools, namely SMAN 1 Cibinong with approximately 630 students, SMPN 1 Cibinong with as many as 640 students, SMAN 2 Cibinong with around 600 students, and SMKN 1 Cibinong around 500 students.

TTD is given to junior high school students grades 7-9 and high school grades 10-12. Furthermore, the provision of TTD will be carried out for all junior high school and equivalent high school students in Bogor Regency.

This activity was attended by Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin. On that occasion, the Minister of Health, Budi, had a direct conversation with students in every school he visited.

The Minister of Health said that the number of mothers who died each year reached 7,800 people. One of the causes is a lack of iron, if there is a lack of iron then women are pregnant and during childbirth, the possibility of death is high due to lack of blood.

“So my job is to make sure these younger siblings are healthy and to make sure they have enough iron. It must take tablets to add blood. The tablets are taken during adolescence, before pregnancy, and after giving birth,” said Minister of Health Budi.

Minister of Health Budi advised all school students to be diligent in exercising, implementing a clean and healthy lifestyle, and eating a balanced nutritious diet.

"That's all I have left, to regularly take blood-added tablets to prevent maternal death, be diligent in exercising and eating nutritious food to be healthy," said Minister of Health Budi.

The Minister of Health further explained that giving blood tablets is a preventive measure. This has become one of the main focuses of the health transformation launched by the Minister of Health Budi.

The Ministry of Health will focus on promotive and preventive efforts. In particular, the transformation of primary care whose goal is to create healthy people by mobilizing preventive measures. 

Primary service transformation is focused on improving promotive and preventive services, such as strengthening prevention efforts, early detection, and health promotion. One of the ways to do this is through a service approach that is under the life cycle, comprehensive and continuous.

Giving TTD is a preventive effort to prevent maternal death during childbirth. The effort was made when a woman was a teenager.

"The provision of TTD to students in schools today is one of the prevention efforts according to the life cycle," said Minister of Health Budi.

This news was broadcast by the Bureau of Communications and Public Services, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. For further information, please contact the Halo Ministry of Health hotline number via hotline 1500-567, SMS 081281562620, facsimile (021) 5223002, 52921669, and email address contact@kemkes.go.id (D2).

Head of the Bureau of Communication and Public Services,

drg. Widyawati, MKM