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Regional govts urged to expedite basic immunization for toddlers

The Ministry of Health has urged local governments to expedite the coverage for basic immunization for toddlers and ...

Jakarta: Kids aged 6--11 to get COVID jab at school

Jakarta will include schools as COVID-19 vaccination sites for children in the 6–11 age group, an official has ...

Parents in Jakarta urged to complete children's basic immunization

The Jakarta Health Office has appealed to parents to complete basic immunizations of their children, especially those ...

Some 807,152 residents of Aceh fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The Aceh Health Office has recorded that as many as 807,152 residents in Aceh Province had received the second dose of ...

2021 World K-POP Concert (K-Culture Festival) ends in success, presenting a new model for performances in the ‘living with COVID-19’ era

‘2021 World K-POP Concert (K-Culture Festival),’ held from November 13 (Saturday) to 14 (Sunday) at Korea ...

Pandemic opportunity to improve global health system: minister

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 5 million lives and infected over 250 million people globally, has ...

Low immunization during pandemic triggers outbreak: Health Ministry

Low immunization coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic can potentially cause extraordinary outbreaks (KLB) of several ...

Health Ministry to continue health sector transformation

The Health Ministry will continue to transform the six pillars of the health sector, the ministry's acting director ...

Govt formulates non-COVID-19 essential diseases handling road map

The government is preparing a road map to handle essential diseases apart from COVID-19, Acting Director General of ...

Jakarta records 637 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday

The Jakarta authorities reported, Sunday, that the capital city witnessed the addition of 637 fresh COVID-19 cases over ...

Rp169.7 trillion allocated for healthcare in 2021 RAPBN

The Indonesian government has set aside Rp169.7 trillion for healthcare in the 2021 Draft State Budget, said President ...

Annual Speech

Jokowi seeks expediting health sector reforms amid pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his state-of-the-nation address on Friday, called to accelerate fundamental reforms ...

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Indonesia committed to simultaneously handling TB and COVID-19

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, with over 17 thousand islands and a population of some 267 ...

Indonesia ranks third among TB high-burden nations: president

President Joko Widodo drew attention to the harrowing reality that Indonesia ranked third for the incidence of ...

Jokowi cautions of high TB case count among productive-age populace

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a cautionary reminder of the high number of tuberculosis (TB) cases among ...