KOMPAS.com – Banyuwangi Regent Ipuk Fiestiandani invite everyone stakeholder health strengthens promotive and preventive efforts to improve the level of public health.
One of the promotive and preventive efforts is realized by optimizing the Healthy People Mall program. This program seeks to change the sick paradigm to a healthy paradigm.
“So people don't just go to the Puskesmas when they are sick, but we invite you to check and detect early when you are healthy," he said when opening the commemoration of National Health Day (HKN) in Blambangan Park, Saturday (11/11/2023).
Ipuk said, People who are at risk of disease can immediately consult regularly so they don't fall ill.
The HKN commemoration in Banyuwangi Regency is celebrated quite lively at the Healthy Jenggirat Festival.
Ipuk said, HKN is a momentum to encourage clean and healthy living behavior again.
"Hopefully with these various activities the people of Banyuwangi will be more motivated to adopt a healthy lifestyle,” he said in a press release.
There are various agendas in the festival, start free treatment, social service, exhibitions and health talks, until the healthy living campaign parade was held in an interesting way.
The HKN commemoration at the Healthy Jenggirat Festival was packaged very interestingly. Visitors are presented with various superior health services at the health exhibition.
Besides that, there was also a talk show that was attended influencer health, namely Ayman Alatas. Ayman's presence received high enthusiasm from the visitors.
High school students and the general public were present to hear tips and tricks related to skin health.
Meanwhile, Tasks executor (Plt) Head of the Banyuwangi Health Service, Amir Hidayat, explained, The HKN commemoration series was carried out with various social actions involving all health professional organizations.
Some of these social actions, starting from social service, free treatment, cleft lip surgery, to clean up the beach.
"We will hold the peak of the HKN event in two days 11-12 November,said Amir.
HKN will close with mass gymnastics and a health parade which will be attended by thousands of health workers throughout Banyuwangi on Sunday (12/11/2023).
The event was attended by a number of health professional organizations, such as the Indonesian Doctors Association, Indonesian Midwives Association, Indonesian National Nurses Association, Indonesian Pharmacists Association, and the Association of Indonesian Environmental Health Experts.
Also present at the commemoration at the Healthy Jenggirat Festival in Banyuwangi this time were representatives of health education institutions, health service provider, and traditional therapists.
