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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Although in recent years has increased, but the contribution of local funds for health financing is still considered low.

"His contributions increasing but still relatively small. The dependence on allocations from the State Budget is still huge," said Deputy Minister of National Development Planning / National Development Planning Agency Head of Human Resources and Culture Sardjunani Nina, in Jakarta, Wednesday (5 / 5 / 2010).

According to Nina, who deliver exposure to the Health Ministry officials, the head of the provincial health department and district / city and other regional health authorities, who attended the Working Meeting of National Health, the utilization of health budgets in the regions also are not efficient.

"Most of them are still used for the provision of facilities and infrastructure," he said.

He expects further exploit the local government health budgets are more balanced. "Usage is aimed at enhancing and evidence-based health promotion and preventive activities," he said.

When opening the meeting the Minister of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih also asked participants to complete the discussion on the division of roles between the central and regional governments in health development in the near term is intended to achieve the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

"Ideally we should all share is the role to achieve it, between affairs at the central, provincial, district / city level and even up to the executioner," said Endang.

He said central and local governments also have to align the measures to achieve common goals in the MDGs.