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Prabowo to represent Indonesia at September UNGA: PCO

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto is scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New ...

BRIN appoints five new research professors across disciplines

For the second time this year, the Research Professors Council of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) ...

Government limits high-sugar F&B advertising against childhood obesity

The Health Ministry partnered with the Communication and Digital Ministry to restrict the promotion of foods and ...

Indonesia expands efforts to end leprosy, targets 2030 eradication

The Health Ministry has partnered with the Sasakawa Health Foundation to strengthen efforts to end leprosy in Indonesia ...

Indonesia identifies 63 percent of HIV cases, pushes to end epidemic

The Health Ministry has identified at least 356,000, or 63 percent, of the estimated 564,000 people living with HIV in ...

Strong IT-logistics system key to dengue control: RI Govt

The Health Ministry highlighted the importance of pairing robust logistics with a resilient information technology ...

Get free health check to enable early disease handling: govt

Deputy Minister of Health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, has urged the community to participate in the Free Health Screening ...

Indonesia seeks Singapore's support in healthcare transformation

President Prabowo Subianto invited the Singaporean government to become more actively involved in transforming ...

RI Govt plans HPV immunization of boys to end cervical cancer

As part of efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in Indonesia, the Health Ministry is planning to administer the Human ...

Half of Indonesian women have abdominal obesity: ministry

The Health Ministry has reported that 50 percent of women and 25 percent of men in Indonesia have central or abdominal ...

Free health checks one of world's largest health programs, PCO says

The Indonesian government has provided a budget of US$300 million for the Free Health Checks (CKG) program, making it ...

Indonesia to regulate vape ads on online platforms

The Indonesian government plans to regulate advertisements for electronic cigarettes—commonly known as ...

Ministry expands thyroid disorder screening through pilot program

The Indonesian Health Ministry is expanding early thyroid detection through a pilot screening program in seven areas ...

Indonesia, Sweden ink MoUs to advance healthcare cooperation

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

Indonesia officially joins WHO Western Pacific Region group

Indonesia has officially moved from the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) to the Western Pacific Region (WPR) grouping ...