#disease control

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Gunung Kidul ever ravaged by anthrax epidemic: Indonesian official

Gunung Kidul District in Yogyakarta Province often experienced the anthrax cases because it had ever been ravaged by ...

Ministry watchful for mysterious pneumonia infection in Indonesia

The government will conduct surveillance at hospitals across Indonesia as a precautionary measure against a mysterious ...

Medan authorities warn residents against consuming Bederah River water

Health authorities of the Medan city administration cautioned local residents against consuming the water of Bederah ...

Minister Moeloek instructs to deploy ambulances in smog-stricken areas

Indonesian Health Minister Nila Moeloek instructed Riau's health authority to dispatch Public Safety Center (PSC) ...

Jakarta health office makes efforts to tackle air pollution issue

The Jakarta health office has channeled efforts on three factors to reduce disease prevalence among people, as an ...

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Government's intervention helps control dengue outbreak

As Indonesia is experiencing the peak of rainy season in January and February this year, mosquito-borne viral disease ...

North Maluku health office reports 112 residents contracted dengue fever

The North Maluku Provincial Health Office reported that number of dengue fever patients in the province had reached ...

Indonesia`s measles rubella immunization coverage reaches 87.33 percent

The Measles and rubella (MR) immunization campaign in Indonesia has recorded a coverage of 87.33 percent on an ...

News Focus - Papua, West Papua remain at risk of elephantiasis l

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, has been a public health problem in Indonesia for a long time, with ...

S Korean man infected by MERS virus, first case in 3 years

A South Korean man, 61, was diagnosed with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and is ...

JAMA publishes greatly anticipated phase III study using 22nd Century's SPECTRUM® Very Low Nicotine Content cigarettes

- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE American: XXII), a plant biotechnology company focused on tobacco harm reduction and ...

22nd Century receives order for 3.6 million SPECTRUM® U.S. Government research cigarettes

- 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE American: XXII), a plant biotechnology company focused on tobacco harm reduction and ...

Indonesia urges establishment of animal health center in Southeast Asia

Indonesian Agriculture Ministry holds a meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Animal Health and Zoonosis ...

World Health Organization grants prequalification to Bharat Biotech’s rotavirus vaccine, ROTAVAC®

- Bharat Biotech today announced that the World Health Organization (WHO Geneva) has awarded prequalification to the ...

Stigma attached to leprosy hampers efforts to control disease: Ministry

Public stigma attached to leprosy is hampering efforts to eradicate the disease in some regions as people afflicted ...