Ready to bring and to take care
Video related to the publication: Making childbirth a village affair: How ‘Desa Siaga’ improves the health of mothers and babies in Indonesia
The "Siap Antar Jaga" model ("Ready to bring and to take care") is a Community Based Alert System approach, part of the national program of the Ministry of Health (MoH) for the development of the Health Sector in Indonesia.
This film describes the concept of community members owning their own resources and capacities for preventing and overcoming their own health problems, health emergencies and disasters based on the already existing Indonesian tradition of mutual support and in a spirit of togetherness. The overall goal is to reduce maternal death.
This short film (English subtitles - 26:33 Min.) is an integral part of the Community Empowerment in MNH Toolkit: http://www.ighealth.org/en/product/detail/3/Service-Delivery
It shows the experience of implementing this program and demonstrates the Community Empowerment in MNH (Maternal & Neonatal Health) concept from the viewpoint of villagers, health workers, community leaders and decision makers alike.
Toolkit: Community Empowerment in Mother and Neonatal Health (MNH)
by I Nyoman Wijaya Kusuma, IGM Geria Jelantik, I Ketut Sura et al.
“Desa Siaga” National Program, Indonesia and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, December 2009
Adobe PDF file (277 pp. 6.0 MB)
There is little documentation on programs and best practice regarding efforts of increasing people’s participation in successfully reducing maternal and neonatal deaths. This toolkit is a resource for everyone who is committed to reducing maternal and neonatal death. It is designed to help program managers of Mother and Neonatal Health (MNH) and community empowerment programs in general. It can be used for advocacy to decision makers in raising awareness on reducing maternal death. It will also help the practitioner who works in increasing community participation such as those working in Non-Governmental Organizations.
