3 December: Addressing public health and disability issues affecting youth in South Sulawesi within a COVID-19 context
Improved health in individuals and across a community is a key factor in inclusive economic growth and development. South Sulawesi is the ninth-largest provincial economy in Indonesia and has growth rates higher than the national average, but high rates of disability and poor mental health mean that this development is likely to be unequal, leaving the most vulnerable behind. The COVID-19 pandemic has likely compounded this, as South Sulawesi is one of the worst hit provinces outside Java.
On Day 4, the final day of the Summit, the AIC welcomed experts, including members of PAIR’s Research Advisory Panel, to discuss issues of health and wellbeing, with a particular focus on youth, in South Sulawesi. Following this, the AIC hosted a panel discussion featuring PAIR researchers, who presented their findings to date and their plans for the next stage of their research. They will ultimately provide advice to the government on how to improve health outcomes for young people especially women, and people with disability and people with poor mental health in South Sulawesi.
Indonesian and Australian Government representatives delivered opening and closing remarks.
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Background reading
Speakers
Governor of South Sulawesi
Chair
AIC
Chief of Policy
Working Group
TNP2K
Former UN Special Ambassador
for MDGs in the Asia Pacific
Co-Founder
Indonesian Diffabel Movement
for Equality
SulSel Development
Acceleration Team
TGUPP
PAIR Research
Coordinator, AIC
AIC Senior Fellow
The University of
Western Australia
AIC Senior Fellow
Universitas Hasanuddin
AIC Senior Fellow
Universitas Airlangga
Head, Comms & Outreach
AIC
Deputy Head of Mission
to Indonesia,
Australia Embassy Jakarta
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