Health of Polytechnic MoH Malang - SEAMEO RCCN UI Signed MOU
At
the beginning of 2011 has established cooperation between the
polytechnic Kemenkes Malang with SEAMEO RECFON for a period of three
years. Such cooperation was marked by the signing of the MoU dated February 1, 2011 by B. Doddy Riyadi, SKM, MM as the Director of Health Polytechnic and Dr Kemenkes Malang. Ratna Sitompul, MD., SPM (K) as the Deputy Director for Programs of SEAMEO TROPMED RCCN-UI. The
areas of cooperation agreed upon include the activities of Tri Dharma
College, which is related to education and teaching, research and
community service.
With the signing of the MoU is expected cooperation has been established to further improved quality. Forms
of activities that have been made between the polytechnic Kemenkes
Malang with SEAMEO RCCN UI in recent years in the form of research
activity entitled "Nutrition Security and Food Security in Seven
districts in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia: Status, Causes and
Recommendations for Response" in 2009. In
addition, since 2003 the two institutions have been actively conduct
cooperation in the training of Food Safety and HACCP for Nutritionists.
Short Course uses the curriculum of Food Safety of WHO-ICD. The activity was conducted in Malang and in other cities such as Ternate and Kupang. Polytechnic students Kemenkes Ambon and Gorontalo who do field work practice in Malang also has received the training.
Other
forms of activities undertaken is the provision of scholarships for
polytechnic lecturers Kemenkes Malang to take a course at SEAMEO
Regional RECFON. Some
of them are Nutrition Anthropology, South East Asian Nutrition
Leadership Program (SEA NLP), Food Safety and Training of the Trainer
for Food Safety HACCP. (Sugeng Blue / John).(n)