#communicable disease

Collection of communicable disease news, found 16 news.

Gov't to expedite chronic disease control initiative to workplaces

Indonesia’s Health Ministry plans to expand the Chronic Illness Control Program (Prolanis) to companies and ...

Indonesia aims to detect more tuberculosis cases in 2026

Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus stated that a country's level of development can be reflected in its success ...

East Java, US explore cooperation in education, health, investment

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa and US Consul General in Surabaya Chris Green discussed opportunities for ...

Disseminating information on Wolbachia method a challenge: official

The utilization of the Wolbachia method to control dengue is running into challenges, especially in terms of ...

Indonesia's Health Ministry warns against Wolbachia hoaxes

Indonesia's Health Ministry on Friday urged the community to not readily believe hoaxes related to Wolbachia ...

Consume healthy foods to maintain heart health: BRIN Researcher

Consuming healthy foods is one of the ways to keep our heart healthy, researcher at the National Research and ...

Choose food and beverage products with Healthier Option label: BPOM

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) appealed to the public to choose food and beverage products, with the ...

Reducing heart disease incidence helps Indonesia save Rp7.7 trillion

Indonesia can save up to Rp7.7 trillion per year if it manages to reduce the incidence of heart disease, which would ...

Community role key in controlling non-communicable diseases: ministry

The community has a strategic role in efforts to control non-communicable diseases (PTM), the Coordinating Ministry for ...

Walking helps improve lung health: pulmonologist

Many studies have shown that physical activities, such as walking daily, can help improve lung health, especially amid ...

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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 ...

Indonesia ranks third among TB high-burden nations: president

President Joko Widodo drew attention to the harrowing reality that Indonesia ranked third for the incidence of ...

Jokowi cautions of high TB case count among productive-age populace

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a cautionary reminder of the high number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among ...

Merely 69% of 845,000 TB cases reported in Indonesia: ministry

The Health Ministry has estimated that only 69 percent of the 845 thousand cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia were ...

Medical services must prioritize health promotion, disease prevention: Ministry

Public Health Director General of the Health Ministry Kirana Pritasari emphasized that medical facilities should help ...