Makhyan Jibril, East Java COVID-19 taskforce which leads the data team and creates epidemiological analytics, crafting strategic decisions and policies regarding COVID-19, ensuring the total 2.3 Trillion IDR of the COVID-19 budget in East Java effectively achieve its goals, bringing COVID-19 data transparency to public and built collaboration between British Embassy and East Java Government. He confidently took this opportunity since when studying at the University College London, He was mentored by NHS experts to manage big healthcare data, analyze and craft strategic healthcare recommendations. I hope to further improve Indonesia’s healthcare through innovation and strong international collaboration.
After graduating from the UK, he actively develop healthcare innovation and wrote about healthcare issues and how data-driven policy can be a game-changer in the healtcare system in Indonesia. In the COvid-19 pandemics, many of his writings went virals and he was called directly by East Java Governor, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, to help her manage COVID-19 data. He was appointed as East Java COVID-19 taskforce, leading data team, managing 398.268 COVID-19 patients with 185 variables, creating epidemiological analytics, craftic strategic decisions and policies regarding COVID-19, bringing COVID 19 data transparency and interoperability between academician, government, healthcare system, and military officers.
MSc in Entrepreneurship with Healthcare Pathway in the University College London has equipped him with proficiency in managerial concepts, analytical methods, innovation, technology, and leadership skills related to Healthcare. Thus, he can effectively build the COVID-19 big data team. He also learned how to manage big healthcare data from Dr. Rupert Dunbar-Rees, the CEO of Outcomes Based Healthcare (OBH) which responsible for managing big healthcare data of the NHS and providing advanced healthcare data analytics to support population health management. All of these skills have assisted the East Java Governor and the Healthcare Department of East Java to manage COVID-19 big data, build insightful analytics and create data-driven policies.
"United Kingdom with NHS is one of the best healthcare systems globally with good healthcare access, technology, and data management. Moreover, the YouGov survey revealed that 87% of Brits are proud of the NHS system. Those facts have inspired me to further study in the UK, learn how its Healthcare system works, and bring radical changes to Indonesia's Healthcare. I also firmly believe that studying in the UK is the perfect opportunity to learn directly from the NHS since my course in the UCL also offers lectures and mentorship from the NHS expert'".