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Geospatial Information Realize Healthy North Sulawesi One Map

Manado, Geospatial News - The North Sulawesi Provincial Government through the Department of Health in collaboration with the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) to realize the One Map Healthy North Sulawesi program (3SP). This collaboration is the implementation of the MoU between BIG and the North Sulawesi Provincial Government regarding the Implementation, Development, and Utilization of Geospatial Data and Information in North Sulawesi Province.

The Cooperation Agreement on the Implementation of the North Sulawesi Healthy One Map was signed by the Head of the BIG Research Center, Promotion and Cooperation, Wiwin Ambarwulan and the Head of the North Sulawesi Provincial Health Office, Debbie K.R. Kalalo

In the implementation of the 3SP North, Sulawesi Provincial Government issued Pergub Number 36 of 2019 concerning the Implementation of One Map of North Sulawesi Healthy. This regulation mandates the North Sulawesi Provincial Health Office to improve Thematic Geospatial Information (IGT) data in each health sector and formulate integrated health policy planning references in the Provincial Spatial Planning Document and Provincial Regional Health Documents in particular in North Sulawesi.

Head of Health Service Prov. North Sulawesi, Dr. Debbie R.K. Kalalo said that so far prototypes had been made in 3 villages in the Minahasa Regency. "Information collected up to by name by address means we have data in every house, name, and address of the head of the family, number of family members, age, and illness in the family," Debbie continued at the Regional JIGN Strengthening Coordination Meeting and Technical Guidance Meeting. Sulawesi and Maluku, in Manado (02/10/2019).

Meanwhile, BIG Chief Hasanuddin Z. Abidin stressed that BIG would assist in the implementation of this collaboration. "Maybe this 3SP similar policy only exists in North Sulawesi, this is an innovation that is very beneficial for the community and of course for the government to make the community healthy because it has by name and by address information," Hasanuddin said.

In the future, the mapping will be extended to other villages throughout the Minahasa Regency. This area was chosen because it already has 1: 5,000 high-resolution satellite imagery data so that it meets the standard thematic map requirements from BIG. And in the future it will be implemented again throughout the North Sulawesi Province.

In this collaboration, BIG will provide basic geospatial information to support 3SP, assistance, and verification of geospatial data and information and support for connectivity into JIGN. Finally, the results of the mapping of health information will be integrated into the geospatial information network node in North Sulawesi Province so that it can be shared both internally in North Sulawesi Provincial Government and throughout Indonesia. [LNR / TR]