SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

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Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

UI’s Current Collaborations with Local, National, and Global Health Institutions

As part of UI’s commitment to being impactful, UI actively seeks and fosters local, national, and global collaborations to improve health and well-being outcomes. The following are several of UI’s notable collaborations in the pursuit of bettering health and well-being:

UI’s Faculty of Medicine (FK), through the Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Center (IDIRC), the Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI), and Tsinghua University, has successfully developed a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based dengue vaccine prototype. This vaccine candidate has the potential to be the world’s first mRNA-based dengue vaccine to reach the prototype development and preclinical testing stages. The development of the mRNA-based dengue vaccine is led by IMERI’s IDIRC under the leadership of Prof. Dra. Beti Ernawati Dewi, Ph.D. Since 2023, the research team has been developing an mRNA-based tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate using the preM-E gene from dengue virus strains circulating in Indonesia. As of 2025, UI and PT Etana Biotechnologies Indonesia officially established a collaboration in vaccine formulation development, pre-clinical and clinical validation, intellectual property management, and responsible commercialization schemes, where PT Etana will be responsible for production, regulation, and distribution.

UI and PT Bio Farma (Persero), a state-owned corporation and one of the leading companies for vaccine manufacturing in Southeast Asia, have collaborated on the development of the Bio-TVC conjugate typhoid vaccine as part of an effort to strengthen the infectious disease prevention ecosystem in Indonesia. The development of this vaccine involved faculty and researchers from FK UI through a multicenter clinical trial with Universitas Airlangga and Dr. Soetomo General Hospital in Surabaya, as well as Universitas Udayana and Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G. Ngoerah General Hospital in Denpasar. Bio-TCV has undergone a lengthy development process, starting with research collaboration and technology transfer, clinical trials, regulatory evaluation, and marketing approval. The product development process included technology transfer in 2013, preclinical studies, phase I, II, and III clinical trials, and finally BPOM registration on August 20, 2023.

UI’s Faculty of Nursing (FIK), established a strategic collaboration with the Government of Mie Prefecture, Japan, to strengthen international cooperation in nursing and healthcare workforce development. The collaboration supports efforts to prepare Indonesian nurses and professional caregivers for employment in Japan through structured pathways, including the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) scheme. This initiative aims to strengthen the global competitiveness of FIK UI graduates and expand opportunities for Indonesian nursing professionals to contribute to healthcare systems internationally.
FIK UI engaged in discussions with Indonesia’s Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (Kemendes PDTT) on 30 September 2025 to explore strategic cooperation in strengthening rural healthcare and nursing human resources. Proposed initiatives included community-based healthy village programmes, training for village health cadres, collaborative public health research, strengthening the role of nurses in rural communities, and scholarship opportunities for young people from villages pursuing nursing education. The meeting concluded with an agreement to follow up through a cooperation agreement and the development of a healthy village pilot project, with the aim of expanding access to rural healthcare services and strengthening community health capacity.

UI’s Directorate of Innovation and High-Impact Research (DIRBT) and the Technology Transfer Division of UI’s Science Techno Park (STP), explored strategic collaboration opportunities with PT Mega Andalan Kalasan (MAK), a domestic manufacturer of hospital equipment and medical devices. The discussion, held on 29 October 2025, aimed to strengthen synergies between academia and industry in research, product development, and the commercialisation of healthcare innovations. This initiative is expected to lay the groundwork for concrete collaboration in applied research, healthcare technology development, and enhancing the competitiveness of domestically produced medical devices.

UI’s Faculty of Public Health (FKM), collaborated with the Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) to organise the Public Health Study Tour 2025, held from 13 to 25 January 2025. The programme brought together 42 students from 10 Australian universities representing diverse academic disciplines to explore public health challenges and developments in Indonesia. Participants attended theoretical sessions led by public health experts at FKM UI and took part in field visits to gain practical insights into the implementation of health policies and programmes. These visits included Universitas Indonesia Hospital (RSUI), where participants learned about healthcare services in Indonesia, and a 3R waste management facility to explore the relationship between environmental management and public health. Through this collaboration, FKM UI and ACICIS sought to strengthen mutual understanding between Indonesia and Australia and foster international cooperation in addressing global public health challenges.

UI Delivers Community Outreach for Local Residents, Vulnerable Groups, Disaster Survivors, and Overseas Migrant Workers

As a globally impactful institution, UI strives to deliver comprehensive, accessible, and sustainable community healthcare programs. Through cross-faculty synergies, the UI Hospital (RS UI), medical experts, and dedicated student volunteers, UI consistently conducts health literacy campaigns, preventive screenings, specialized surgical operations, and psychosocial interventions. These initiatives are tailored to address the specific needs of diverse population segments—spanning local residents, children, older adults, incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities, disaster-displaced survivors, and Indonesian migrant workers overseas.

Healthcare Education and Services for Local Communities

To improve health literacy, nutritional status, and overall well-being across Depok, Greater Jakarta, and the Seribu Islands, UI executes targeted community interventions. The following are several community outreach programs UI conducted throughout 2025:

NutriKidzFest: Effective Nutrition Education and Inclusive Health for Parents and Children with Down Syndrome
In collaboration with the POTADS Foundation (Persatuan Orang Tua dengan Anak Down Syndrome), UI organised a nutrition education and inclusive health awareness programme for parents and children with Down syndrome. The activity was attended by 110 parents and children with Down syndrome, 80 UI students, and 25 healthcare professionals and medical personnel from the Child Nursing Cluster of RS UI and FIK UI.

FKM UI Mass Circumcision Program in Commemoration of 60th Anniversary
FKM UI organised a mass circumcision program as part of its community service initiatives in collaboration with RS UI and the UI Family Women’s Association (IWK). It targeted children from the families of FKM UI employees, including permanent employees, non-permanent employees, contract-based workers, LPPKM staff, staff from various centres, outsourced security and cleaning personnel, as well as members of the general public. This initiative represents UI’s contribution to delivering promotive, preventive, and curative healthcare services to the community.

Community Service Program: “Towards Golden Indonesia 2045: Healthy Hearts, Strong Families”
The 2024 cohort of the Doctoral Program in Medical Science and Nutrition at the FK UI, comprising 56 participants, collaborated with RS UI to organise a community service program entitled “Towards Golden Indonesia 2045: Healthy Hearts, Strong Families”. The activities included free health check-ups for older adults, Healthy Heart Exercise, cardiovascular screenings, and a health education talk show. The program involved more than 600 participants from various heart health communities across Greater Jakarta and the general public.

RS UI Collaborates with the PUN Foundation to Organise a Free Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Program
The Perempuan Untuk Negeri Foundation (PUN) and the Indonesian Medical Development Centre (Pusbangki), in collaboration with RS UI, organised a social service program providing cleft lip and cleft palate surgery for children and adults from various areas across Greater Jakarta. Through this initiative, 20 registered participants received free medical treatment. The surgery was expected to help children grow with greater confidence as they get older.

RS UI Organises a Seminar for National Health Day 2025
RS UI organised a health education seminar to commemorate National Health Day 2025. The event took place on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, at the RS UI Auditorium. The seminar aimed to educate the public on maintaining health and immune function during the transitional season.

BAKPAO FKM UI 2025
Students from FKM UI carried out a community service program at SDN Beji 6 in Depok City, involving 343 students. The program included health and environmental interventions to raise awareness and encourage healthy behaviours and environmental responsibility among schoolchildren.

FF UI Conducts Tuberculosis Education in the Seribu Islands
To improve public understanding of tuberculosis (TB), UI’s Faculty of Pharmacy (FF), organised a health education program for residents of Panggang Island in the Thousand Islands. The program aimed to increase community knowledge of TB, including its causes, symptoms, and prevention, as well as the importance of appropriate treatment to reduce the risk of transmission.

Health Empowerment for Vulnerable & Marginalized Groups

UI actively ensures that essential healthcare support reaches marginalized populations facing social and legal constraints. Throughout 2025, UI conducted a variety of community outreach initiatives to reach disadvantaged people and marginalized groups. Several of those programs are as follows:

RSUI and FIK UI Provide Interactive Health Education for Inmates at Depok Class I Detention Centre
Nursing professionals from RS UI, together with FIK UI, organised a community service program entitled “GERLAPs: Healthy Correctional Facility Movement”. The program featured interactive health education using the “Health Track” board game as a learning tool. Nursing professionals also conducted basic health screenings, including vital signs measurements, height measurements, and weight measurements.

Support for Refugees, Immigrants, and Disaster-Impacted Communities

Demonstrating rapid humanitarian action, UI deploys emergency medical relief teams to disaster zones and extends our outreach to immigrant communities, particularly Indonesians overseas. The following are several initiatives UI undertook in 2025:

UI Peduli Disaster Relief & Psychosocial Trauma Healing in Central Tapanuli & Sumatra:
In response to severe flooding across Sumatra and Central Tapanuli, UI Peduli deployed medical personnel and UI’s Faculty of Psychology (FPsi) volunteers to evacuation shelters, providing mobile healthcare, emergency logistics, and specialized Psychological First Aid (PFA) for displaced children and families.

Health Education and Psychological Support for Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI) in Taiwan:
Expanding our outreach internationally, UI faculty members and experts collaborated with Indonesian community networks in Taiwan to conduct occupational safety counseling, preventive health education, and mental health/psychosocial support tailored for Indonesian migrant workers.

UI Opens World-Class Sports Facilities and Hosts Weekly Car Free Days for the Local Community

UI supports the well-being of our academic community and the surrounding local community by providing access to high-quality sports facilities through both paid and free-use arrangements. Access to UI’s sports facilities for non-academic community members and commercial activities is governed by the UI Rector’s Decree No. 625 of 2025 on the Procedures for Renting Sports Facilities and the Stadium for Non-Academic Community Members and Commercial Activities at UI. Sports facilities are managed by UI’s Directorate for Educational Support Facilities Management (DPFPP) at the university-wide level and by individual faculties at the faculty level. UI provides various sports facilities, including:

Through this combination of managed sports facility sharing and open weekend green spaces, UI actively drives sustainable community health promotion and inclusive physical activity.

UI Fosters Inclusive Wellbeing Through Accessible Reproductive Health Services, and Cancer Education

UI provides access to sexual and reproductive health services, health education, and mental health support through healthcare facilities, psychological services, and educational initiatives and sexual violence prevention programs. This approach integrates direct healthcare services with prevention and awareness-raising efforts to support the well-being of the university community.

Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Klinik Satelit UI Makara is one of the university’s healthcare units, providing health services to the UI academic community and surrounding communities. Through its Maternal and Child Health Clinic, established in 2021, the clinic offers health examinations, consultations, and education on family planning and sexually transmitted infections. Klinik Satelit UI Makara also collaborates with local midwives to facilitate childbirth and partners with BPJS Kesehatan (Indonesia’s National Health Insurance program) to support access to comprehensive healthcare services.

To expand access to healthcare, RS UI provides students with access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services delivered by qualified doctors and healthcare professionals. Relevant services are available through its Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology (ObGyn) clinics. RS UI also has a Women and Children Violence Services Team, established under RS UI President Director’s Decree No. 230A/SK/DIRUT/RSUI/III/2025 on the Establishment of the RSUI Women and Children Violence Services Team. The team supports the professional handling of violence cases in accordance with its authority and applicable procedures.

These services are complemented by sexual and reproductive health education and promotion through the Toward Healthy Mind, Body and Sexuality Research Laboratory, established by FPsi UI. The laboratory develops research-based approaches to promoting safer sexual practices and generates evidence-based knowledge that supports health promotion initiatives both within and beyond the faculty.

Educational activities and awareness campaigns are also conducted through webinars, informational posts on the Makara Satellite Clinic social media account, articles published on the konselingmakaraui.wixsite.com website, and rsui.ac.id website. These initiatives help disseminate health information and promote greater understanding and awareness of sexual and reproductive health.

Free Breast Cancer Screening and Education for Underprivileged Campus Community

Reinforcing our mandate to expand preventive healthcare and reproductive health literacy, UI—through the Directorate of Community Service and Social Innovation (DPIS)—partnered with Siloam Hospitals to execute the SELANGKAH (SEmangat LAwan KAnker) initiative. The program delivered comprehensive educational workshops on early breast cancer detection, highlighting self-examination (SADARI) and clinical screening methods (SADANIS) led by faculty experts from FIK UI.

To promote early intervention and prevent late-stage diagnoses, the initiative provided free on-site breast ultrasound (USG) screenings for 203 participants, specifically targeting underprivileged university staff, janitorial personnel, outsourced workers, temporary laborers, and student interns. This free outreach complements UI’s integrated reproductive healthcare framework, which features no-cost maternal/child consultations at Klinik Satelit UI Makara and specialized ObGyn and Urology services at RS UI.

Comprehensive Support, Free Access, and Active Wellbeing Promotion for Students and Staff

UI continuously demonstrates its institutional commitment to fostering an inclusive, safe, and psychologically healthy academic environment. By integrating university-wide healthcare clinics, faculty-based guidance units, and trained peer-counseling networks, UI provides multi-layered mental health support accessible to its entire academic community—including undergraduate and graduate students, academic faculty, and administrative staff. UI’s mental healthcare infrastructure is systematically structured around three core pillars: active mental health promotion, free-of-charge primary counseling support, and specialized charged/insured clinical referrals.

Active Promotion of Good Mental Health

UI actively educates the campus community to build mental health literacy, eliminate stigma, and promote a culture of mutual care (#WargaJagaWarga).

Community & Staff Awareness Campaigns
The Makara Satellite Clinic regularly holds interactive literacy programs, including the “Saling Jaga dan Peduli Kesehatan Mental” webinar dedicated to faculty and staff during World Mental Health Day 2025, alongside live digital broadcasts under the #WargaJagaWarga campaign. The #WargaJagaWarga campaign is a social care initiative spearheaded by Makara Satellite Clinic to educate and encourage the UI academic community to actively look out for and support one another’s psychological well-being. Built on the belief that protecting mental health requires both empathy and collective action, this movement equips community members with psychological peer-support skills to help each other manage anxiety, academic stress, and uncertain situations inclusively.
Faculty-Led Initiatives
FK UI hosts public webinars such as delirium prevention in older adults (World Delirium Awareness Day 2025) and Keeping the Mind Clear sessions. Concurrently, FT UI, in collaboration with BEM FTUI, organizes Mental Health Week and the “Angry Bird: Every Emotion Has a Target” seminar featuring licensed psychiatrists to equip students with coping strategies against burnout and anxiety. As part of its active promotion of student mental health and holistic well-being, the UI’s Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) organized the Student Wellness Days: Wholerounded Wellness initiative. This educational program focuses on the importance of understanding balanced nutrition and discovering optimal physical exercise to support both physical and mental health. By adopting a wholerounded wellness approach, FEB UI encourages students to cultivate a balanced lifestyle to prevent academic stress, maintain emotional resilience, and foster a supportive campus ecosystem for overall psychological and physical well-being.

Flyer for the Delirium Awareness Day Instagram Live FK UI

Angry Bird Seminar

Student Wellness Day 2025

Digital Literacy & Open Resources
Educational materials covering stress management, suicide prevention awareness, and mindfulness practices are publicly disseminated via the Makara Satellite Clinics’s website, social media, and faculty communication channels.

Access to Free Mental Health Support

To remove financial barriers to psychological care, UI provides several free counseling channels for students and staff, among others are:

Makara Satellite Clinic
Delivers free face-to-face professional counseling with licensed clinical psychologists for UI students, lecturers, and staff. Registrations are streamlined digitally (bemui.link/KonselingMakara or linkin.bio/ksuimakara). This service is complemented by online peer counseling led by trained Peer Counselors and Health Educators (PCHE).
Faculty Guidance Teams & Peer Support

FKUI operates a dedicated Student Guidance and Counseling Team (established under Dean’s Decree covering undergraduate to specialist students) and a peer counselor network named “Teman Bicara FK UI”.

Teman Bicara FK UI is a group of trained peer counselors within the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, who provide initial emotional support, active listening, and guidance to help students cope with academic stress and personal challenges. Serving as a safe space at the faculty level, this initiative works to reduce mental health stigma while acting as a bridge for official referrals to professional psychological services.

FT UI offers ongoing free face-to-face psychological counseling.

FMIPA, FISIP, and FEB UI manages the Student Counseling Board (BKM).

Student Counseling Board (BKM) is the official guidance and counseling unit at the faculty level, tasked with assisting students in managing academic stress, educational hurdles, and personal adjustment challenges. BKM delivers structured psychological support and integrates wellness education programs to ensure students thrive both academically and emotionally.

FH UI operates the “Teman Pendengar FHUI” initiative alongside periodic mental health surveys.

Teman Pendengar FHUI is a mental health outreach and support program operated by the Advocacy Department of BEM FHUI, offering an initial counseling space and a safe environment for law students. Driven by the slogan “Because Your Story Matters” (Sebab Ceritamu Berharga), the program actively shares information on accessing professional psychological help, conducts periodic mental health condition mapping, and fosters an emotionally supportive campus atmosphere.

Access to Charged Mental Health Support & Advanced Care

For campus members requiring specialized psychiatric evaluation, advanced psychological therapy, or clinical treatment, UI signposts access to university healthcare facilities:

RS UI
RS UI features a specialized Mental Health (Psychiatry) Clinic and Clinical Psychology Clinic within a Class A hospital setting. RSUI provides diagnosis, therapy, and medical interventions for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, accessible via self-pay or national health insurance (BPJS Kesehatan).
Integrated Clinic of LPT UI
Serves as a teaching clinic providing specialized psychological consultations, including child therapy, interest/aptitude assessments, family counseling, and individual mental health screenings.

UI’s Smoke-Free Campus Policy

UI consistently reaffirms our commitment to creating an educational environment that is clean, healthy, and free from exposure to tobacco smoke. This strategic effort was realized through the enactment of the Decree of the Rector of Universitas Indonesia No. 1805/SK/R/UI/2011 concerning the Smoke-Free Area (KTR) of UI, which was subsequently strengthened by the issuance of Technical Implementation Guidelines in 2013. This policy serves as the primary foundation for implementing a smoke-free campus across all operational areas of Universitas Indonesia.

The implementation of KTR UI not only responds to the mandate of national health legislation but also aims to protect all campus members from the harmful effects of active and passive smoking, prevent the initiation of new smokers within the academic environment, and reduce fire risks across the university grounds.

Legal Basis and Policy Chronology

The KTR UI policy was designed through a regulatory structure that integrates Rector’s Decrees with national statutory regulations. Based on official UI documents, the establishment of KTR UI began with the Rector’s Decree in 2011 and continued with the drafting of operational technical guidelines in 2013. This regulatory framework was formulated by taking into account various national legal umbrella provisions and institutional internal decrees:

Based on the UI Rector’s No. 1805 of 2011, the UI area encompasses all locations under the management of the university, including both the Depok Campus and the Salemba Campus.

Policy Scope

The KTR UI policy defines a smoke-free area as any room or space within the UI environment declared prohibited from production, sales, advertising, promotion, or use of tobacco products. This prohibition applies comprehensively to all campus members, including students, faculty, administrative staff, and the general public present on campus grounds.

As stated in the Appendix of the Rector’s Decree of UI, the designated smoke-free locations include:

Academic & Learning Facilities: Lecture halls, libraries, and laboratories.
Work & Administrative Facilities: Faculty offices, operational unit workrooms, administrative spaces, and the Rectorate Building.
Public Facilities & Covered Open Areas: Canteens, shuttle bus stops, covered walkways, and all other roofed areas within the UI campus environment.

In addition to prohibiting physical smoking activities, these rules strictly forbid anyone from carrying, manufacturing, selling, or promoting tobacco products throughout these designated zones.

Prohibition of Tobacco Industry Sponsorships and Scholarship Conditions

UI maintains a strict commitment to severing ties with the tobacco industry. This policy completely prohibits any involvement of tobacco companies in academic or student activities. Based on Article 7 of the UI Rector’s Decree No. 1805 of 2011, the rules regarding the rejection of the tobacco industry encompass three main pillars:

Prohibition of Event Sponsorship: Tobacco companies or institutions whose image is associated with tobacco products are strictly banned from acting as sponsors in any form for activities organized by students, lecturers, or administrative staff.
Rejection of Tobacco Industry Scholarships: Universitas Indonesia does not accept any scholarship funding originating from tobacco companies or institutions affiliated with the tobacco industry.
Scholarship Recipient Eligibility: All scholarship recipients within Universitas Indonesia are required to be non-smokers. Student affairs units perform structured monitoring to ensure compliance with this requirement.

Monitoring System, Phased Coaching, and Rehabilitation Services

The execution of KTR UI emphasizes a sustainable guidance and discipline approach supported by structured monitoring mechanisms. Monitoring is carried out by the KTR UI Daily Implementation Team together with the Security Unit (Satpam) at both university and faculty levels. Disciplinary enforcement for KTR UI violations is conducted through measurable stages before formal administrative code-of-conduct sanctions are imposed:

Stage 1 — Recorded Verbal Warning: The violator is given a verbal warning recorded by officers, up to a maximum of 3 (three) times.
Stage 2 — Written Warning & Clinic Referral: If verbal warnings are ignored, 3 (three) written warnings are issued and reported to the head of the work unit, accompanied by a recommendation to undergo smoking cessation counseling therapy.
Stage 3 — UI Code-of-Conduct Sanctions: If written warnings continue to be ignored, the violator is subjected to formal administrative sanctions in accordance with the prevailing UI Campus Life Code of Conduct.

Smoking Cessation Therapy Services at PKM UI

As a form of rehabilitative support, UI provides a Smoking Cessation Clinic located at the UI Community Health Center (PKM). Violators seeking to quit smoking as well as any campus members voluntarily seeking assistance can access counseling and therapy services to address nicotine addiction. Furthermore, heads of work units are required to submit progress reports on the implementation of KTR UI within their respective operational units to the Rector once every 6 (six) months. This periodic evaluation mechanism ensures that the application of KTR UI runs effectively and sustainably.

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