#disease prevention

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News focus - Anticipating dengue fever in rainy season by Otniel Tamindael

People across Indonesia should give serious attention to the outbreak of dengue fever, because the acute infectious ...

Ministry, FAO warn farmers on threats to poultry, antimicrobial resistance

The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture and the FAO Emergency Centre for Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) ...

Game addiction leads to behavioral disorder: health ministry

Video game addition can lead to "behavioral disorder", according to Health Ministry`s Director General of ...

Taiwan explores cooperation in health with Indonesia

With its New Southbound Policy, the government of Taiwan is exploring technical cooperation in health with Indonesia, ...

Immunization launched to prevent spread of diphtheria

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

Genesis Healthcare, pioneer in genetic health testing, announces 1.4 bil. Yen new share issue to Rakuten

-Genesis Healthcare Co. has announced the completion of a new share issue worth 1.4 billion yen for allotment to ...

Health challenge in 72nd year of independence

The challenge of the health sector in the 72nd year of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia is to unite and ...

Indonesia - Japan agree to enhance cooperation in health sector

Indonesia and Japan have agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in health services and human resource development, ...

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 ...

Team finds sacrificial animals with fasciola hepatica

The supervision team of the Fisheries and Livestock Service for Temanggung District, Central Java, found four ...

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 ...

Balinese people encouraged to make lifestyle changes

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) and Hong Kong Red Cross have educated the Balinese people on preventing HIV/AIDS and ...

Vigorous activity may help avoid early death: Study

Even small amounts of vigorous activity, the kind that makes you breathe harder and sweat, could help reduce your risk ...