Jakarta, June 19 -- The Health Ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) have designated the Health Polytechnic Network ( Poltekkes ) as a WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Development to build health workforce capacity.

Confirming the development here on Thursday, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that the designation reflects Indonesia's leadership in workforce development, as well as its increasingly prominent role in regional collaboration, including in Pacific Island countries.

"Indonesia is proud that Poltekkes is set as WHO's Center of Collaboration - a recognition of our commitment to advancing nursing and midwifery education," Sadikin said.

The center, he informed, will focus on two thi...