Rita Puspa Zakaria
Personal details
Born (1967-11-20) 20 November 1967
Bengkalis, Riau, Indonesia
Spouse
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(m. 2003)​
RelationsGamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria (brother)
Wisra Okarianto (nephew)
Children3
Parent(s)Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin (father)
Siti Zainab binti Kimpal (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Indonesia
IPB University
Occupation
  • Civil servant

Rita Puspa Zakaria (born 20 November 1967), also known as Rita Puspita, is an Indonesian civil servant who served as head of the Health Services Division at the Bengkalis Health Service, Vice Director of the Bengkalis Regional General Hospital, and Fourth Deputy Chairman of Empowerment of Family Welfare in Bengkalis Regency. She is the daughter of ulama Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin and the sister of educator Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria, and is known for advocating a program to reduce a maternal mortality rate in Bengkalis.

Born as the fifth child, Zakaria went to University of Indonesia and came out as the best graduate. She began to teach at MDTA Mahbatul Ulum, an Islamic school founded by her father, and later earned her master degree from IPB University. She served as head of the Health Services Division at the Bengkalis Health Service in 2013, followed by served as Vice Director of the Bengkalis Regional General Hospital, and later served as Vice Director of the Bengkalis Regional General Hospital.

Early life

Zakaria in 1991

Zakaria was born on 20 November 1967 in Bengkalis, Riau, as the fifth child and second daughter of the seven children of Zakaria bin Muhammad Amin (1913–2006), an ulama, and his second wife, Siti Zainab binti Kimpal (1935–2014), an actress.[1][2] Her brothers were Zulkarnain (b. 1957) and Nukman (b. 1960), both of them are civil servant, and Gamal Abdul Nasir Zakaria (b. 1965), a lecturer.[2] While her sisters were Rinie Yuslina Fairuz (1964–2021), a civil servant, Nida Suryani (b. 1971), a science teacher, and Sri Purnama Zakaria (b. 1973), an English teacher.[2] She had three half brothers from his father first marriage; Nashruddin (1934–1999), a civil servant Azra'ie (1947–2019), a lecturer, and Syakrani Zakaria (b. 1952), a harbormaster, and four half sisters; Aminah (1938–2011), a school principal, Zaharah (1942–2007), a politician, Ulfah (b. 1943), a gynecologist, and Hanim Zakaria (b. 1950), a teacher.[3] Zakaria went to Faculty of Public Health at University of Indonesia majoring in public health and graduated in 1999 with a thesis about factors for achieving antenatal care services for village midwives in Bengkalis Regency, followed by a master degree from IPB University in 2003 with a thesis about participation-based community health services.[4][5] She worked as a fourth grade teacher at MDTA Mahbatul Ulum, an Islamic school founded by his father.[6]

Personal life

Zakaria and her husband during their wedding in 2003
Zakaria as a bride in 2003

In 1997, Zakaria was resided at Warung Buncit Raya street in South Jakarta.[1] She is married to Muhammad Yahman, a preacher, in Bengkalis on 28 January 2003.[7] Their marriage is celebrated with the pencak silat tradition and was covered by Riau Pos in February 2005.[7] They had a son, Muhammad Asyrof Al-Ghifari (b. 5 January 2005), and two daughters, Erin Kartika Puspa (b. 16 November 2003) and Asy Syifa Kaila Saidah (b. 16 April 2008).[8]

Career

Zakaria served as head of the Health Services Division at the Bengkalis Health Service in 2013 where she held Adolescent Care Health Services (literally Pelayanan Kesehatan Peduli Remaja, abbreviated as PKPR) from 5 until 7 September, and advocated for the importance of health services for adolescents, especially their psychological conditions.[9] On 1 October 2014, Zakaria provided an exclusive breast milk program to help around 1090 infant who suffered from malnutrition, and was be able to fix the problem six months after.[10] In 2015, when the maternal mortality rate was high in Bantan District, Zakaria created a team to provided counseling and advocated for midwives in the area to improve coordination between patients and health facilities.[11] In 2020, when Zakaria served as Vice Director of the Bengkalis Regional General Hospital, she help five Thailand and British foreigners who was swept away from their yacht and stranded at Tanjung Mayat Beach in Bengkalis District, and provide them with a medical check-up and observation by created quick reaction team in order to anticipated them from being contracted with the coronavirus infection.[12] She served as fourth deputy chairman of Empowerment of Family Welfare (literally Pemberdayaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga, abbreviated as PKK) in Bengkalis Regency from 2021 until 2026 after being appointed on 13 April 2021 by Bengkalis Regent, Kasmarni, and holding activities to reduce stunting levels together with the Governor of Riau, Syamsuar, on 16 November 2022.[13][14] On 29 September, Zakaria along with Andris Wasono launched BPJS Health information service at RSUD Bengkalis as the selected hospital in Riau to implement the program.[15]

Works cited

  • Saputra, Amrizal, Wira Sugiarto, Suyendri, Zulfan Ikhram, Khairil Anwar, M. Karya Mukhsin, Risman Hambali, Khoiri, Marzuli Ridwan Al-bantany, Zuriat Abdillah, Dede Satriani, Wan M. Fariq, Suwarto, Adi Sutrisno, Ahmad Fadhli (2020-10-15). PROFIL ULAMA KARISMATIK DI KABUPATEN BENGKALIS: MENELADANI SOSOK DAN PERJUANGAN (in Indonesian). CV. DOTPLUS Publisher. ISBN 978-623-94659-3-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Lukman, Andri (1997). Rudi; Rina; Tri (eds.). Gugus Cut Nyak Dien '97/'98 (in Indonesian). Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Lukman 1997.
  2. 1 2 3 Saputra 2020, p. 147.
  3. ↑ Saputra 2020, p. 146.
  4. ↑ Puspa, Rita (1999). "Faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan pencapaian pelayanan antenatal bagi bidan di desa pada Puskesmas penerima dana bantuan ADB III Di Kab. Bengkalis Prop. Riau tahun 1998". Pusat Informasi Kesehatan Masyarakat. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ↑ Puspa, Rita (2003). "Telaah Pelayanan Kesehatan Masyarakat Berpendekatan Partisipasi (Kasus Desa Bantan Tengah Kecamatan Bantan Kabupaten Bengkalis)" (in Indonesian). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ Saputra 2020, p. 153.
  7. 1 2 Pos, Riau (2005-02-10). "Tradisi". Riau Pos (in Indonesian).
  8. ↑ Masadi (2022-12-09). "Household Census". Bengkalis District Population and Civil Registration Service (in Indonesian).
  9. ↑ zul, adv (2013-09-09). "Persoalan Kesehatan Remaja Lebih Kompleks". Metro Riau (in Indonesian). p. 5.
  10. ↑ Zulkarnain (2014-10-02). "Bayi Gizi Buruk Asupan MP ASI Harus Ditingkatkan". Metro Riau (in Indonesian). p. 24.
  11. ↑ man (2015-04-25). "Antisipasi Kematian Ibu dan Bayi Bidan Desa Harus Tingkatkan Koordinasi". Haluan Riau (in Indonesian). p. 28.
  12. ↑ Bhwana, Petir Garda (2020-02-25). "5 Stranded Foreigners Placed Under Observation in Bengkalis, Riau". Tempo. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  13. ↑ Suryaman, Babam (2022-11-16). "Ketua TP PKK Kabupaten Bengkalis Dikukuhkan Sebagai Bunda Asuh Anak Stunting". diskominfotik.bengkaliskab.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  14. ↑ "Bupati Bengkalis Kasmarni Lantik Pengurus TP PKK Masa Bhakti 2021-2026 – TP PKK Bengkalis 2021" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  15. ↑ Suryaman, Babam. "BPJS Kesehatan Launching Tempat Pelayanan Informasi BPJS di RSUD Bengkalis". diskominfotik.bengkaliskab.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-11-16.
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