Crisis situations due to natural disasters or other disasters such as landslides, flash floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, including pandemic outbreaks such as the COVID-19 virus affect older persons' health and increase their vulnerability (Ministry of Health, 2020). This video illustrates the implementation of the Minimum Health Service for Older Persons to fulfill the older persons' essential needs during crisis situations.
The implementation of the Minimum Health Service for Older Persons (Pelayanan Minimum Kesehatan Lansia) during a health crisis is focused on 3 objectives, namely:
(1) To ensure the availability and accessibility of general health and reproductive health services for the older persons;
(2) To improve the health and protection aspects for the older persons in displaced conditions, and;
(3) To meet other essential needs of the older persons through multi-sectoral partnerships: WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), evacuation/shelters and the availability of food.
