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Five Indonesian land snail species have herbal medicine potential

Five species of land snails in Indonesia have the potential to be used as herbal medicine, according to a researcher at ...

BPJS Kesehatan launches Patient Referral Program in Southwest Papua

State health insurer BPJS Kesehatan has initiated the Patient Referral Program (PRB) to improve access to and quality ...

Do not underestimate the impact of air pollution: Health Ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry reminded the community regarding the danger and impact of air pollution, such as ...

Ministry issues circular to mitigate impact of pollution on health

The Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Health Ministry issued a Circular Letter (SE) number: ...

Minister outlines PM 2.5 threats as written in WHO guidelines

- while the second pollutant is in the form of PM 2.5 that are particles with a diameter of less than or equal to 2.5 ...

Ministry uses IHME data for air pollution impact analysis

The Indonesian Health Ministry utilizes data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) as a reference ...

Wear masks to prevent pollution-related diseases : Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked Indonesians to wear masks outdoors to prevent respiratory diseases caused ...

Pregnant women, elderly, toddlers most vulnerable to air pollution

Pregnant women, toddlers, the elderly, and people with lung disease are the groups most vulnerable to air pollution, ...

Indonesia provides spirometers to health centers

Indonesia's Health Ministry is providing spirometers to all community health centers (puskesmas) to help them ...

Jakarta Environment Office to install three air quality monitors

The Environment Office of Jakarta will install three air quality monitoring devices to help resolve the problem of ...

Govt using COVID strategy to tackle non-communicable diseases

The Indonesian Health Ministry is applying its COVID-19 control strategy to prevent cases of non-communicable diseases ...

Liquid nitrogen snacks must be prepared by competent persons: BPOM

Indonesia's Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has said that all processed food infused with liquid nitrogen ...

Liquid nitrogen in ready-to-eat food can harm human body: BPOM

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) cautioned that the addition of liquid nitrogen to ready-to-eat food ...

Indonesia introduces medicinal plants packaged in G20 souvenirs

The Tawangmangu Center for Research and Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines (B2P2TOOT) introduced ...

Health impact of e-cigarette almost similar to regular cigarette: PDPI

Chairman of the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association (PDPI) Dr Agus Dwi Susanto reminded the public that e-cigarettes ...