#communicable diseases

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Health minister launches public health emergency center

Health Affairs Minister Nila Moeloek has launched the Public Health Emergency Operating Center (PHEOC) that would ...

Activists empower Yogyakarta residents to show their true colors and reject tobacco industry exploitation

Global public health experts Vital Strategies today congratulated health advocates, artists and the people of Kali ...

Prohibiting cigarette sales to children

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

Second Global NCD Alliance Forum to be held in Sharjah, UAE in December 2017

- The NCD Alliance yesterday evening announced that the second Global NCD Alliance Forum will take place on 9-11 ...

Jokowi calls for ASEAN-UN partnership to eradicate poverty in SE Asia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has underscored the importance of ASEAN-UN partnership to eradicate ...

Raising cigarette prices to reduce smoking

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

Early detection can prevent diabetes: Minister Moeloek

Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek has said said one way to prevent diabetes is by early detection regularly every ...

Ministry advises TB test for cough lasting over two weeks

The Ministry of Health has advised people suffering from cough for two weeks or more to visit a doctor and undergo ...

Dengue cases continue to increase in several Indonesian regions

Despite the government having urged people in various provinces to be wary of dengue fever, a viral disease caused by ...

Call to Improve Quality of Death -- Critical for Governments to Make Palliative Care Part of Comprehensive Healthcare

- The Lien Foundation calls on governments and policy makers to hasten and improve their provision of palliative ...

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 ...

Joint Ministerial Statement of 26 th APEC Meeting

1. We, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers, met on 7-8 November 2014, in Beijing, China. The meeting ...

Siloam Hospitals Again Awarded Indonesian Healthcare Services Provider of the Year by Frost & Sullivan

Siloam Hospitals Group has again been honoured with Healthcare Services Provider of the Year at the Frost & ...

Rise in number of lepers in Ternate

There has been a marked increase in the number of people lately diagnosed with leprosy in Ternate, North Maluku, ...

Japan introduces medical technology to help improve Indonesia`s health services

Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Medical Excellence Japan (MEJ), a consortium of medical ...