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Health Ministry moves to create healthy schools

The Ministry of Health has said the integration of the Community-Based Total Sanitation (STBM) approach and the ...

Aceh's measles-rubella immunization coverage reaches 17.4% during BIAN

The Health Office of Aceh noted that the province's coverage of measles-rubella immunizations during the 2022 ...

Gov't targets 90-percent nationwide detection of TBC cases by 2024

The government is aiming to achieve 90-percent detection of tuberculosis (TBC) cases nationwide by 2024 through the ...

Ministry classifies Legionella as New-EIDs with outbreak potential

The Indonesian Health Ministry has categorized Legionella pneumonia as New Emerging Diseases (New-EIDs) that should be ...

West Java turns to the 'ABCDE' of HIV/AIDS prevention

The West Java provincial government is following an “ABCDE” scheme to prevent the spread of the human ...

West Java government provides barista training to people with HIV/AIDS

The Social Office of West Java provided barista training in Lembang, West Bandung District, West Java, to people living ...

Jakarta yet to issue centralized isolation policy for monkeypox

The Jakarta provincial government has yet to issue a centralized isolation policy for the highly infectious monkeypox ...

First Lady reviews early cervical cancer screening service

First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo and Second Lady Wury Estu Handayani reviewed health services for the early detection of ...

Expert highlights importance of strengthening education on monkeypox

Strengthening education on monkeypox is essential in order to improve the community's understanding of the ...

Second booster provides effective protection against COVID: IDI

The fourth or second COVID-19 booster dose for health workers has been found effective in increasing protection ...

Gov't should optimize health services to overcome dengue fever: DPR

The Indonesian House of Representatives' (DPR's) Deputy Chairman, Muhaimin Iskandar, called on the government ...

Pfizer as booster not planned for people aged 16-17: Ministry

The Ministry of Health has no plan to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for people in the age ...

Govt expands network of laboratories to support research on monkeypox

The Health Ministry has expanded the network of laboratories to research genome sequencing for monkeypox in 10 major ...

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Indonesia intensifies vigilance against monkeypox

Amid the global fight against COVID-19, which was first detected in China in late 2019, nearly 80 countries have ...

Oropharynx sample of monkeypox suspect tests negative: Ministry

Laboratory test on the oropharynx sample of a monkeypox suspect in Central Java showed a negative result, Health ...