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Health Ministry expands heart screening services to posyandu level

The Health Ministry expanded the reach of promotion and prevention programs against heart diseases to the integrated ...

ITAGI ensures heterologous COVID-19 vaccination safe for public

The Indonesian Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (ITAGI) ensures that the heterologous administration of ...

Ministry removes vaccine regime provisions for long-term protection

The policy of removing regimen provisions without referring to the brand of the COVID-19 vaccine product was the ...

BKKBN initiates mental health program at posyandus to reduce stunting

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has said that offering mental health programs through the ...

Speaker urges ministry to focus on handling measles spike

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has urged the Health Ministry to focus on ...

No malaria cases found in new capital Nusantara: Health Ministry

The Health Ministry has stated that its team did not find any malaria cases in the planned capital city of Nusantara ...

Why immunization can be a shot in the arm against outbreaks

In recent years, Indonesia’s basic immunization program, which is part of an effort to boost people's ...

West Java optimizes Eid exodus health posts against COVID-19 surge

The Health Office of West Java is optimizing Eid al-Fitr exodus health posts to prevent a surge in cases of the ...

Indonesia's achievement in finding 74% TB cases become global example

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that Indonesia's success in finding 74 percent of ...

Tourism sector must anticipate Arcturus surge: MPR

The national tourism sector must anticipate a surge in cases of the XBB.1.16 or Arcturus sub-variant of COVID-19 that ...

Arcturus 1.5 times more infectious than Kraken: ministry

The Health Ministry has urged people to remain alert for the Omicron XBB.1.16 sub-variant of COVID-19 or Arcturus as it ...

Health offices to ready service motorbikes as ambulances: Ministry

Indonesia's Health Ministry has called on all regional health offices to keep service motorbikes ready to serve as ...

Local health centers offering free screening for 14 diseases

Local health centers (puskesmas) are providing free screening for 14 types of diseases, according to the Health ...

West Java to provide simultaneous polio vaccinations from Apr 3

The provincial government of West Java is ready to carry out a simultaneous polio vaccination program for children aged ...

COVID Arcturus reminder that health protocols still needed: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture highlighted that the emergence of COVID-19's new ...