[Comment] Indonesia's health reform: from pandemic mandate to the six pillars of transformation

In Indonesia, a large, diverse, middle-income country, the COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on the health system, exposing health inequities and inefficiency, and underscoring the urgency for structural reform. When I was appointed as Minister of Health at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in December, 2020, my mandate was two-fold: to manage the immediate crisis and to deliver the most ambitious health reform in Indonesia's history.