Mothers' and Children's Health

The World Health Organization estimates that, in 2015, Indonesia’s

maternal mortality ratio was 126 per 100,000 live births, while infant
mortality was 23 per 1,000 live births—among the highest in Asia. The
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 on Health and Well-Being
targets a reduction in global infant mortality rate to less than 12 per 1,000
live births and global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000
live births by 2030.

Indonesia has been keen on addressing these concerns by achieving

universal health coverage for its 279 million residents. The Jaminan
Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), the country’s mandatory universal health
insurance program launched in 2014, aims to increase access to high-
quality, affordable hospital and healthcare services. The JKN is open to
private sector partners interested in joining as service providers. PT
Medikaloka Hermina Tbk was among the first private hospitals registered
under the JKN.

Hermina, founded by Hermina Sulaiman in 1967, began as a small

maternity clinic of seven beds. In 1985, It became a full-fledged maternity
hospital in the Jatinegara district, East Jakarta. Three decades of expansion
later, Hermina has become one of the biggest hospital chains in Indonesia,
with 28 hospitals and about 2,780 hospital beds by 2017. But the hospital
chain has an even bigger plan—to go public on the Indonesian Stock
Market to further expand its operations and provide health care services to
more mothers and children across Indonesia.