Prosiding ICHD Reaping The Benefit of a demography dividend by achieving quality human resources through health investment
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Prosiding ICHD Reaping The Benefit of a demography dividend by achieving quality human resources through health investment
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“Demographic Dividend” are two combined words increasingly known these days. The
term of demographic dividend is simply defined as a condition when a country have the number of
people within the productive age bracket (15-64) is higher than the number of non-productive
group (0-14 and above 65). While dividend means an amount of money added to wages on a
seasonal basis, especially as reward for good performance. So it means when demographic
dividend occurs, a country will receive “bonus” or revenue in form of economic growth as the
working population are larger than the non-working group.
It is evident that human resource has critical contribution for reaping demographic
dividend. Qualified human resources are required in order to make sure that the state have adequate
professionals with a good job and salary in order to contribute for country’s revenue. Creating
qualified human resource is a long-life process that involved multi-sectoral contribution, including
health sector.
In health sector, it is well understood that the individual quality is formed and processed
since childhood. Various factors influence this irreversible process, such as nutrition, health status,
health facility, and macro environment (economy, knowledge, culture, politic and education).
Knowing this, a holistic cooperation is required even within health sectoral itself. Hoping that it
will give significant contribution and certainty that each individual life is counted, that children can
attend school and well-performed with minor absence. Further, they graduate with skill and get a
job with decent salary. This adequate of professionals then will boost economic growth of a
country.
To take a part in international platform, Faculty of Health Science, Universitas
Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta would organize the event called “INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON HEALTH DEVELOPMENT” with the theme “Reaping the benefits of a
Demographic Dividend by Achieving Quality Human Resources through Health Investment”,
that later will accommodate four majors which are Nutrition, Public Health, Nursing and
Physiotherapy.
term of demographic dividend is simply defined as a condition when a country have the number of
people within the productive age bracket (15-64) is higher than the number of non-productive
group (0-14 and above 65). While dividend means an amount of money added to wages on a
seasonal basis, especially as reward for good performance. So it means when demographic
dividend occurs, a country will receive “bonus” or revenue in form of economic growth as the
working population are larger than the non-working group.
It is evident that human resource has critical contribution for reaping demographic
dividend. Qualified human resources are required in order to make sure that the state have adequate
professionals with a good job and salary in order to contribute for country’s revenue. Creating
qualified human resource is a long-life process that involved multi-sectoral contribution, including
health sector.
In health sector, it is well understood that the individual quality is formed and processed
since childhood. Various factors influence this irreversible process, such as nutrition, health status,
health facility, and macro environment (economy, knowledge, culture, politic and education).
Knowing this, a holistic cooperation is required even within health sectoral itself. Hoping that it
will give significant contribution and certainty that each individual life is counted, that children can
attend school and well-performed with minor absence. Further, they graduate with skill and get a
job with decent salary. This adequate of professionals then will boost economic growth of a
country.
To take a part in international platform, Faculty of Health Science, Universitas
Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta would organize the event called “INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON HEALTH DEVELOPMENT” with the theme “Reaping the benefits of a
Demographic Dividend by Achieving Quality Human Resources through Health Investment”,
that later will accommodate four majors which are Nutrition, Public Health, Nursing and
Physiotherapy.