Bridging health and financial gaps in Indonesia
Helene Ries and Calvin Koenig are United Nations Volunteers serving with the World Bank in Indonesia. They advance the efforts of the World Bank in the health and finance sectors in the country. Their assignments are fully funded by the Government of Switzerland.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Health, Nutrition and Population team of the World Bank has extended several projects in Indonesia. These range from improving the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and facilitating access to vaccines, increasing detection and treatment for tuberculosis, to finding ways in which the national health insurance system can cover the population with even more efficiency.