Delivering Quaity Basic Human Services To Comunities

One-third of Indonesia’s population does not have access to clean water. About 225,000 newborns and children under five die each year from preventable, poverty-related diseases, like diarrhea. For every 100,000 live births, more than 300 women die. With decentralization, the responsibility for health, education and other services is now at the local level. District governments must now improve the delivery of basic human services. USAID has stepped in to help, with significant results. Fifty-nine percent of mothers giving birth have a doctor or other trained professional assist them with their delivery, a substantial increase from only 43 percent just six years ago. With the resurgence of polio and new threat of avian influenza, USAID has increased efforts on surveillance and eradication. Preventing HIV/AIDS in at-risk populations also continues to be a high priority as does strengthening the National Tuberculosis Program response. In addition to health services, USAID works on protecting watersheds to increase clean water, combat illegal logging and appropriate land use.