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Jakarta launches health-related digital services
The city administration launched Wednesday two websites and an app that aim to help improve health services for residents.
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and city administration officials attend the launch of three digital health services at City Hall on Wednesday. (The Jakarta Post/Sausan Atika)
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he city administration launched Wednesday two websites and an app that aim to help improve health services for residents.
The three services are Jak-Track, DBDKlim and E-jiwa.
Jak-Track is a website that tracks data and reports on the progress of an HIV/AIDS prevention program in the capital.
DBDKlim is a website that provides estimates for the number of dengue fever cases in each municipality across Jakarta, with rainfall and humidity used as the main predictors.
E-jiwa is an app that focuses on the early detection of mental health issues. The app was invented by a community health center (Puskesmas) in Cilandak, South Jakarta, last year.
It asks 29 questions, including ones on drugs, symptoms of psychosis and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), then uses the answers to digitally assess a person's mental health.
After it was deemed successful in the early detection of mental health issues in its trial phase, the city administration decided to adopt it at the provincial level.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said during the launch that the digital services were expected to reach a wider audience moving forward.
“We are conducting a different approach by using technology,” he said on Wednesday. (iwa)
