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ABSTRACT
Indonesia is an archipelago country comprises of 17.508 islands. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, and Malaysia. Seeking the health need, people across the country border to meet the healthcare services. One of Indonesia‘s priority development is improving the health status in the country border. This paper will present the current health situation and health workers who work in health centers in the remote country border areas in the eastern part of Indonesia i.e East Kalimantan province, East Nusa Tenggara province and Papua province. Further, the emphasis is on the management aspect which is retention strategy to fulfill the adequate number of health workforce availability. A desk study was performed from relevant published materials. Literature was reviewed from databases of the Ministry of Health The Republic of Indonesia. A clear understanding of health country border situation and retention strategy is critical to face tomorrow challenges to improve health worker distribution and performance in that area.
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