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Ministry urges for stronger anti-smoking education at schools

Health Ministry emphasizes the need for an anti-smoking campaign to be massively promoted through the school curriculum ...

ATxSummit 2026 Opens with Shared Regional Ambition to Harness AI for Public Good

ATxSummit 2026, hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore, officially kicked off this evening ...

Healthier homes, shorter cures: Inside Indonesia's TB control efforts

The bacteria that cause tuberculosis can survive for months in damp, poorly ventilated spaces that receive little to no ...

Free health checks covered 19 mln people in January-April: minister

The government’s free health checks program has covered approximately 19 million people from the January to April ...

Indonesia intensifies tuberculosis treatment amid rising cases

Indonesia is intensifying treatment for tuberculosis (TB) as the number of cases continues to increase with over ...

Health Ministry applies TOKEN strategy to curb malaria in Papua

The Ministry of Health introduced the Find, Treat, Control (TOKEN) strategy to accelerate the reduction of malaria ...

Indonesia boosts TB detection in Papua with X-ray, housing renovations

Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus underscored the importance of strengthening tuberculosis (TB) ...

Indonesia seeks to cut IGRA test cost to Rp50,000 for TB screening

Health Ministry and National Foods and Drugs Authority (BPOM) highlights the urgency of strengthening regulation and ...

Free health screenings provides hope for TB elimination: minister

Indonesia is stepping up its efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) through free health screening programs and ...

Deputy minister calls for regions' commitment to eliminating TB

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Akhmad Wiyagus called for regional governments' commitment to accelerating ...

Indonesian govt to renovate 2,000 homes to curb tuberculosis spread

Indonesia will renovate 2,000 homes to improve ventilation and help prevent tuberculosis (TB), the Health Ministry said ...

Indonesia, China explore deeper health cooperation in Beijing talks

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin invited the Chinese government to step up health cooperation, ...

Health Minister calls for accelerated leprosy screening, surveillance

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin highlighted the need for accelerating leprosy screening and surveillance to ...

Deputy minister urges regional govts to speed up TB control efforts

Deputy Home Affairs Minister Akhmad Wiyagus has urged regional governments to accelerate tuberculosis (TB) control ...

Indonesia expands genome research to tackle future diseases

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has expressed its readiness to join the Biomedical Genome Science ...