World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic in March 2020, significance that COVID-19 has spread widely in the world. Governments in many countries have issued many strategies and policies in dealing with COVID-19 cases. The Indonesian government has issued several policies, namely, releasing health protocols/guidelines, campaigning handwashing-using masks-keeping physical distance, establishing large-scale social restrictions, prohibiting Eid homecoming, preparing laboratories for COVID-19 tests, running COVID-19 tests in various places, establishing a new-normal order, and now implementing COVID-19 Vaccination Program.
However, amid the spike in COVID-19 cases even increasing in Indonesia, many people still ignore health protocols. Governments should engage through participatory efforts in a proactive, regular, transparent, and unambiguous manner with all affected and at-risk populations. Health Polytechnic of Semarang has capacity to build understanding knowledge, behaviors, perceptions, and identify the proper interventions, collaboration and community-based networks and influencers to empower the role of healthcare providers.
In a public health emergency such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, one essential lifesaving action is Society Empowerment. Participatory society engagement interventions should include accurate information on risks, what is still unknown, what is having finished finding answers, what activities are being taken by health authorities, and what actions people can take to protect themselves. The participation of every member of at-risk and affected communities is needed to prevent infection and transmission especially when people have diseases.
Health care providers become the main pioneers in overcoming pandemic era. In this case, Semarang Health Polytechnic also contribute to provide the new generation of professional health care provider in the future. Health Polytechnic of Semarang will be a central determinant of the response effectiveness in managing society to prevent and promote for handling non communicable diseases. Building the capacity of national, regional, and local stakeholders is essential to empower the health providers to contribute well to achieve health status in the community.
Health Polytechnic of Semarang as one of healthcare provider always has a commitment to educate students with medical background. According to this point, Health Polytechnic of Semarang commit to create output of health care professional that will be able to compete to both globalization and digital era by conducting local wisdom of Indonesia.
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