#disease prevention and control

Collection of disease prevention and control news, found 34 news.

Regional govt to prioritize TB elimination, minister says

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has given a directive for regional governments to prioritize tuberculosis (TB) ...

Gov't found some 600 thousand TB cases per September end

The Health Ministry identified as many as 600,698 TB cases by 27 September 2025, which is 55 percent of the target set ...

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 ...

Ministry confirms mpox not cause of patient's death at RSCM

The Indonesian Health Ministry confirmed that one patient who died at the Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital (RSCM), ...

Mpox cases are spread across Jakarta, Banten, West Java: ministry

The Ministry of Health has reported that based on the domicile of patients, monkeypox (mpox) cases are spread across ...

Mpox cases in Indonesia rose to 27: Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health confirmed that with the presence of additional cases, the monkeypox (mpox) case count in ...

Jakarta government to vaccinate 500 people at risk of monkeypox

The Jakarta Health Service plans to administer monkeypox vaccination to 500 people from at-risk groups next week as a ...

157 people at risk for mpox vaccinated: ministry

The Ministry of Health has so far vaccinated 157 of the 477 targeted recipients who are at risk of contracting ...

Mpox: 14 cases confirmed in Indonesia so far

Director general of disease prevention and control at the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, has said that 14 ...

Monkeypox cases to reach 3,600 in Indonesia, ministry estimates

The Health Ministry and epidemiologists have estimated that the number of monkeypox cases in Indonesia could reach ...

Monkeypox: Port Health Office tightens supervision at Soetta Airport

The Soekarno-Hatta (Soetta) Port Health Office (KKP) has tightened supervision and is monitoring the health of ...

Health Ministry applies four measures to handle mpox cases

The Ministry of Health is intensifying the handling of mpox (monkeypox) cases through four measures — ...

Cataract is leading cause of blindness in Indonesia: Health Ministry

An official from the Health Ministry cited the 2014-2015 Rapid Assessment of Avoiding Blindness (RAAB) survey while ...

Govt expedites malaria eradication in Papua through national movement

The Ministry of Health has launched the Malaria Eradication Month National Movement and the Gebrak Siamal (Malaria ...