Mawar Iteng: Program in Efforts to Improve Human Development Index (HDI) in the Health Sector

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a way to measure the success of a country in maintaining the physical and non-physical quality of the population. The indicators include health, education level, and the economy. The purpose of this study was to describe the application of the Mawar Iteng program, including the causes of the high number of maternal mortality rate (MMR) and the efforts of health care providers to assist mothers in childbirth in Pemalang District, Central Java. Whilst the data analysis technique used an interactive analysis model with regard to 3 (three) main components: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions as well as verification. The results showed that maternal mortality during childbirth was a very complex case. Noticing from the age group, the highest percentage of maternal death cases occurred at the age of 25-40 years. Seeing this condition there needs to be interference from the family, community and government including efforts to increase family planning acceptors, improvement in the quality of services in the identification of complications, prevention of complications, first aid and stabilization of patients before making a referral and timely referral. One of the efforts to reduce maternal mortality is by examining antenatal care (ANC) and implementing the Mawar Iteng program embodying Mak'e waras bayine kentheng which means the mother is healthy at the time of delivery and the baby is safe.