REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MAMUJU -- Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi and West Sulawesi Governor Anwar Adnan Saleh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring a national health insurance (JKN) program to the province.

The minister and governor signed the MoU in the West Sulawesi provincial capital of Mamuju on Friday in the presence of all six district heads in the province.

Nafsiah said the JKN program, which will be created by forming Social Security Providers (BPJS), seeks to improve health services to the public.

"The JKN program and BPJS plan will be launched across Indonesia on January 1, 2014 to provide health insurance and improve health services to the public," she said.