#communicable disease

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RI Govt focusing on anti-malaria efforts in Papua amid case spike

The Indonesian Ministry of Health is prioritizing efforts to eliminate malaria in Papua considering the high ...

Indonesia, Sweden ink MoUs to advance healthcare cooperation

The Indonesian Health Ministry has signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with its Swedish counterpart to ...

Government stresses shielding youth from dangers of smoking

The Ministry of Health underscored the importance of protecting the younger generation from the dangers of smoking, ...

Ministry targets 8 million malaria tests amid rising cases

The Ministry of Health stated that it aims to conduct 8 million malaria tests to identify 1.1 million cases of malaria ...

Free screening allows people to check kidney health: official

The government's Free Health Screening (CKG) program enables people to get tested for symptoms of kidney disease at ...

Govt launches national action plan for childhood cancer

Ministry of Health, in commemoration of International Childhood Cancer Day, on Thursday, launched the National Action ...

Health Ministry wins award for ASIK at ASEAN Digital Awards

The Health Ministry has won international accolade for its digital health transformation efforts through the Sehat ...

Jakarta actively promoting HPV vaccinations for all 15-year-old girls

The Jakarta provincial government is ensuring that all girls in the city receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine ...

Govt pushes for PHO ban in food products

The Ministry of Health has said that Indonesia needs a regulation on the elimination of partially hydrogenated oils ...

Quality diagnostic tools can make interventions more precise: Ministry

An official from the Health Ministry has emphasized the importance of quality diagnostic tools for making more ...

Vigilance key to successful dengue handling in children: Ministry

Parents' vigilance is key to the successful handling of dengue fever in children, according to the Director of ...

Need to end stigma to eliminate TB: ministry

The Ministry of Health has urged all Indonesians to help end the negative stigma surrounding tuberculosis (TB) so that ...

Widodo meets Elon Musk, discusses investment, digital acceleration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, discussed the acceleration of digital ...

Aggressive contact tracing key to fight TB: Health official

The Ministry of Health highlighted the need to step up contact investigation as part of the efforts to realize the ...

Indonesia's drug-sensitive TB cases recorded at 808,000 in 2023: govt

Deputy for communicable disease prevention and control at the Health Ministry, Imran Pambudi, said that in 2023, the ...