Promoting water supply and sanitation development through Rural Community Service

摘要

Lack water supply and sanitation causes social and individual problems, for instance the outbreak of diseases. According to the Public Health Minister of Republic of Indonesia, infectious diseases are still one of the government unfinished agenda, even some of the disease which had vanished long time ago tend to re-emerge (re-emerging disease). The increasing pressure on traditional environmental health risk caused the re-emerging disease. There were merely 50% of 200 million populations that had access to improved water supply, and only 40% had access to sanitation facilities (household latrines). In order to restrain the endemic disease, the government implements a sanitation program called Sanitation week. It is an activity to provide e.g. safe water, public latrine facilities, house flooring and ventilation, household waste handling, etc. The intersectoral coordination to promote the water supply and environmental sanitation development for instance with the university, has been performed through the activity called Rural Community Service (RCS).