Collaborative Governance in Administering Health for People With Disabilities (Case Study in Surabaya City)

Abstract

Equitable health services are the rights of every human being and citizen, including disability community groups such as those contained in the The Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia of 1945 and 17 goals SDGs UN. One of the efforts made by the government is the establishment of regional regulations that can provide a legal protection for people with disabilities at the regional level. Local regulation no. 2 of 2017 concerning health for persons with disabilities of Surabaya is one of the example of regulation for disabilities people in regional level. This study explain the implementation of health services for people with disabilities in Surabaya based on local regulation no. 2 of 2017 using the concept of collaborative governance. The method used in this study was interviews with stakeholders, observation, and literature review. Results from this study indicate that there are health facilities and services that have been established by Surabaya City Government and private parties such as the establishment of disability service centers, service rooms for family with disabilities children, disabled child development foundations, "Suroboyo Bus" disabled-friendly buses, etc.