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Free Health Checks Program can help reduce smoker count: expert

The recently launched Free Health Checks program, which includes lung health examinations, can help Indonesia lower the ...

Pollution - Govt prepares 740 health facilities to handle infections

The Health Ministry has prepared 740 health facilities to handle people suffering from upper respiratory tract ...

Health Ministry provides panic button to help sick Hajj pilgrims

Indonesia's Ministry of Health provides a panic button to help Hajj pilgrims in need of assistance, especially sick ...

Olympus EU-ME3 Ultrasound Processor Delivers Higher Resolution Images for Endoscopic Ultrasound

Olympus Corporation (Olympus), a global medtech company committed to making people's lives healthier, safer and more ...

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Indonesia committed to simultaneously handling TB and COVID-19

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, with over 17 thousand islands and a population of some 267 ...

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Air pollution issues still shroud South-East Asian countries

Despite being home to an abundance of rich natural resources, poor air quality and vast environmental degradation ...

Protecting people against dangers of cigarettes

The Indonesian government must strengthen its efforts to protect the people from the dangers of cigarettes in order to ...

Tobacco consumption epidemic reaches alarming level

The epidemic of tobacco consumption has reached an alarming level in Indonesia, where more than one-third of the ...

Prohibiting cigarette sales to children

Smoking among youth can be significantly reduced by effectively enforcing prohibition of cigarette sales to children. ...

Raising cigarette prices to reduce smoking

Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among ...

WHO urges governments to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking

Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate ...

1.5 Million Premature Cancer Deaths Could be Prevented per Year if Targets Set to Reduce NCDs are Met by 2025

-On World Cancer Day, UICC and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveal real-life impact of achieving ...

New Data Reveals Public Ignorance About the Impact of Lung Disease

-         New data released by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies ...

Malnourished toddler in Banten dies

A malnourished toddler in Cimarga subdistrict, Lebak district, Banten province, died on Tuesday at her parents` modest ...