The government of Indonesia has put into effect Law No. 43/2004 which regulate endeavour to enhance social welfare of elderly population as well policies and programmes to enhance quality of elderly's life. National Action Plan on elderly's health has been developed in five years basis since 2016, taking into account Strategy for healthy elderly population of WHO SEARO 2013-2018. However, elderly population issues are cross cutting and policies and programmes relating to this population fall under several Ministries' responsibility. Therefore, synergy among line Ministries will determine the effectiveness in the implementation the policies and programmes.
The government of Indonesia has put into effect Law No. 43/2004 which regulate endeavour to enhance social welfare of elderly population as well policies and programmes to enhance quality of elderly's life. National Action Plan on elderly's health has been developed in five years basis since 2016, taking into account Strategy for healthy elderly population of WHO SEARO 2013-2018. However, elderly population issues are cross cutting and policies and programmes relating to this population fall under several Ministries' responsibility. Therefore, synergy among line Ministries will determine the effectiveness in the implementation the policies and programmes.
['Older persons']