Jakarta, June 22 -- Indonesia's Health Ministry and The Lancet medical journal launched a commission aimed at strengthening Indonesia's healthcare system to ensure its quality services accessible nationwide, including in remote areas, through evidence-based research.

During the launch of Commission for The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific: Reimagining Healthcare in Indonesia for 2045, Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin mentioned there are four strategic health targets for the Golden Indonesia 2045 vision, including increasing life expectancy, improving healthy-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), maintaining the total fertility rate (TFR), and achieving meaningful universal health coverage (UHC).

"Number one, we want to i...