Dewi Amila Solikha

Bachelor degree of public health (Diponegoro University, Indonesia), M.Sc. in social epidemiology (University College London, UK)
PhD Candidate

Biography

Dewi Amila worked as deputy director for health resources in the Directorate for Health and Community Nutrition, the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas). She has been involved in formulating several main health policy documents since 2009 and coordinated/designed the activities under Bappenas-WHO Indonesia joint analysis for health development. She holds a bachelor degree in public health majoring in epidemiology and tropical diseases from Diponegoro University (Indonesia) and master of science in social epidemiology from University College London (United Kingdom).

She is currently a doctoral candidate at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) ANU. 

Research

Research interests

Health system, primary health care, social epidemiology, social determinants of health, and communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Publications

Aisyah DN, Mayadewi CA, Budiharsana M, Solikha DA, Ali PB, Igusti G, Kozlakidis Z, and Manikam L. (2022). Building on health security capacities in Indonesia: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic responses and challenges. Zoonoses and Public Health,00,1–11. doi: 10.1111/zph.12976.

Mahendradhata Y, Andayani NLPE, Hasri ET, Arifi MD, Siahaan RGM, Solikha DA, and Ali PB. (2021). The Capacity of the Indonesian Healthcare System to Respond to COVID-19. Front. Public Health 9:649819. https://doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.649819.

Hendarwan H, Syachroni S, Aryastami NK, Su'udi A, Susilawati MD, Despitasari M, Mulyani UA, Sumiarsih M, Puspandari N, Indrati AR, Solikha DA, Riana DA, Wahyuni IR. (2020). Assessing the COVID-19 diagnostic laboratory capacity in Indonesia in the early phase of the pandemic. WHO South East Asia J Public Health. 2020 Sep;9(2):134-140. doi: 10.4103/2224-3151.294307. PMID: 32978346.