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Immunization launched to prevent spread of diphtheria

The Ministry of Health is launching a simultaneous immunization program or "outbreak response immunization (ORI)" in ...

17 health organizations reject draft bill on tobacco

Seventeen health organizations in Indonesia have issued a joint declaration urging President Joko Widodo to reject the ...

OIC countries to join vaccine production training in Bandung

As many as ten member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are expected to join training in ...

Indonesia is not Zika infected country: Health ministry

The health ministry said Indonesia is not among 46 countries in the world facing an outbreak of the deadly Zika ...

Many Batam parents refuse polio vaccine for their children

Many parents in the industrialized island of Batam have refused to get their children under the age of five vaccinated ...

Indonesia as the Hub of Excellence for Biological Products for Islamic Countries

The 4th Conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ministers of Health and the Organization of ...

WHO says no poultry contact in some China bird flu cases

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a number of people who have tested positive for a new strain of ...

Severe drought takes victims in Pekalongan

Long drought began to leave its mark with 1,800 people of the regency of Pekalongan, Central Java, hit by acute ...

S. Korea to help stem FMD outbreak in Asian nations

South Korea will spend US$2.61 million in the next four years to help fight foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Southeast ...