Public health · Indonesia
A crisis, a capability gap, and a system decision demand different kinds of work. We connect each need to the initiative built for that level of action.
Public life in Jakarta, Indonesia
Photo: Febry Arya · Pexels (Opens in a new tab)Chapter 01 · The setting
Before a need reaches a programme or policy, it is experienced in everyday life. Indonesia's communities, livelihoods, public spaces, and landscapes shape what health action must understand.
The starting point
The setting tells us what is happening. It does not yet tell us which initiative should respond.
Chapter 02 · The question
This is not a fixed pipeline. A need may enter at any level, but the same questions help define the most relevant form of action.
These levels complement one another. Health needs do not always move through them in sequence.
What is happening, to whom, where, and what is at stake?
Does the need call for immediate response, practical capability, or system evidence?
Kalakrisis, Alphares, and ARC Institute keep distinct roles and accountability.
Agree the purpose, scope, roles, evidence, and the next decision.
Chapter 03 · The response
The problem determines the chapter. Each initiative keeps its own identity, method, and public record.
Crisis response
When crisis changes what communities and services can do
Hospital support, vaccination support, and public-health education during COVID-19.
A health-response initiative for moments when crisis disrupts communities and services.
Everyday life in Banten, IndonesiaPhoto: Tom Fisk · Pexels (Opens in a new tab)Practical capability
When knowledge needs to become practice close to communities
Connecting knowledge and practice through approaches that can be developed with partners.
An initiative focused on health capability that can be used by people and organisations working close to communities.
Older adults in Yogyakarta, IndonesiaPhoto: Nadirsyah Nadirsyah · Pexels (Opens in a new tab)Research and evidence
When policy and system choices require stronger evidence
AMHASS · UHC Costing · Indonesia Health Policy Review
An Indonesian health research institute that builds evidence for policy, delivery, and health-system decisions.
Laboratory work in Bandung, West Java, IndonesiaPhoto: Hera Permata S · Pexels (Opens in a new tab)These photographs provide geographic and social context. They do not document Foundation activities.
Chapter 04 · The connection
The Foundation provides a shared institutional home. Each initiative keeps the identity, way of working, and accountability appropriate to its role.
Why one institutional home?
Because health problems can cross levels while responsibility still needs to stay clear.Kalakrisis
Roots in the health response to COVID-19.
Alphares
The earliest available record in health research and data analysis.
ARC Institute
Roots of the movement that later developed into a health research institute.
Foundation
Formal establishment and the strengthening of a shared institutional home.
Chapter 05 · Your path
Bring the problem, its context, and the decision that needs to be made. We help identify the relevant level of action and the most appropriate route.
Tell us the need
Locate the level of action
Shape the work with the relevant initiative