Increasing the Role of Higher Education in Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality in Tulungagung Regency

Background

Factors that directly cause maternal death are factors related to complications during pregnancy, labor and delivery time. These complications include bleeding, preeclampsia/eclampsia, infection due to birth trauma, Obstructed labor or prolonged labor and spontaneous abortion or unsafe or risky abortion. Meanwhile, factors that are indirect causes of maternal death are factors that aggravate the condition of pregnant mothers, such as FOUR TOO (too young, too old, too frequent births and too close birth spacing). Apart from that, there are also factors that complicate the process of handling pregnancy emergencies, labor and postpartum are like THREE LATE (too late to recognize danger signs and take decisions, being late in reaching health facilities and being late in handling emergencies) This means that the coverage of birth assistance by health workers in health service facilities is still low.

Universities can act as experts in the form of Management Consultants and Technical Consultants who have expertise in health management, specialization in obstetrics and pediatrics, midwife, all the way to health promoters. The role can be carried out in the regional area where the PT is located, or where it is needed.

Intervention and Breakthrough Efforts Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality

1. Empowering community potential
2. Registry of pregnant women and children in each region, so that it can be accessed by all parties and pregnant women and children can get health services
3. Legal protection, (regulations regarding this program can be in the form of SOPs, channel, guide, guidelines)
4. Monev is carried out continuously

Tips for reducing maternal mortality and infant mortality among academics

The strategy is to implement the Tri Dharma of Higher Education.

TRI DARMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION

1. EDUCATION :
2. Curriculum evaluation according to learning outcomes
3. Increasing the competency of graduates by placing students in practice areas such as hospitals, PKM, Built village and laboratory

                 Monev : 

• Carried out by each supervisor
• Evaluate each curriculum 2 once a year

• STUDY

Increase the amount of research related to maternal and child health with the aim of reducing MMR & AKB

Monev:

• Number of research published in both national and international journals

• DEVOTION TO SOCIETY
• Carrying out PKM in the form of Field Work Practices and clinical practice
• Lecturers carry out PKM to reduce MMR/IMR
• Participate in Covid vaccination activities 19 ( social service)

              Monev :

• PKM report (activity Report, attendance and documentation)
• PKL report on student activities, in the form of books or articles

WEAKNESSES :

1. Information related to activities in the region in their contribution to reducing MMR & AKB : flow of units carrying out activities
2. Curriculum related to the Covid pandemic 19 : LS/LP evaluation meeting : mitra