Jokowi: 3 Conditions for Building a Global Health Architecture

VIVA – President of the Republic Indonesia, Joko Widodo delivered a speech at the 2nd Global Covid-19 Summit in Washington DC, United States of America on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Jokowi said there are three things that were prerequisites for building a stronger world health and preparedness architecture.

Jokowi thinks that the pandemic of Covid-19 provides a very valuable lesson for the world, namely that health resilience and world preparedness against a pandemic aren’t strong enough. As a result, the price to be paid is so high, namely millions of people who lose their lives and the world economy is experiencing a slump.

So, in this opportunity, President Joko Widodo encouraged all countries to help each other to handle this pandemic and also build a global health architecture.

"To build a stronger world health and preparedness architecture, at least three things are needed," President Jokowi said in his speech, according to a video uploaded to the Presidential Secretariat Youtube on Friday morning.
First, President Jokowi said about inclusive health access. According to him, all people without exception must have access to basic health services.

"Basic health infrastructure must be adequate and ready to face a pandemic. At the global level, every country, big or small, rich or poor, must have equal access to health solutions," he explained.

Second, access to adequate financing. President Jokowi said that not all countries have the resources to improve their health infrastructure. Therefore, all countries need a new health financing mechanism that involves donor countries and multilateral financing banks.

"Health financing support must be seen as an investment and a shared responsibility to prevent a pandemic," he explained.

Third, Jokowi talks about empowerment. He emphasizes that collective capacity must be pursued and cooperation between countries is the key to this.

According to him, research cooperation, technology transfer cooperation and access to raw materials must be strengthened.

President Jokowi emphasized that there shouldn’t be a monopoly on the health industry supply chain. On the other hand, verified centers for the production of drugs, vaccines, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic tools must be carried out.