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Abortion access important for mental health of rape victims: BKKBN

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), Hasto Wardoyo, said that the abortion provisions ...

Ministry to summon RSCM over 60 pediatric renal failure cases

The Health Ministry will summon the Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital (RSCM) to discuss the detection of ...

Quality diagnostic tools can make interventions more precise: Ministry

An official from the Health Ministry has emphasized the importance of quality diagnostic tools for making more ...

Areas with high TB cases to get portable X-rays: Sadikin

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that his ministry will distribute portable X-rays to areas with high ...

Indonesia steps up TB fight, aims to detect 900k more cases

The Indonesian government is conducting tuberculosis surveillance programs such as screening to detect TB patients, ...

Around 13 percent of Indonesians suffer from diabetes: Health Minister

Around 13 percent of Indonesia's population, or about 35.8 million people, are suffering from diabetes, and their ...

UI startup HerLens wins award for innovative cervical cancer solution

HerLens, a startup incubated by the Directorate of Innovation and Science Techno Park (DISTP) of the University of ...

Indonesia strives for greater, inclusive national health architecture

The Indonesian Government has issued Government Regulation (PP) Number 28 of 2024 that serves as an implementing ...

2% of people over 15 facing mental health issues: ministry

According to the 2023 National Health Survey (SKI), two percent of Indonesians aged over 15 are facing mental health ...

Indonesia provides 3 recommendations on Pandemic Fund

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati made three recommendations at the Pandemic Fund High-Level Event, held as part ...

Threats of obesity among Indonesian teenagers

Obesity is starting to lurk among Indonesian teenagers and has emerged as one of the major health problems affecting ...

Agriculture Ministry develops climate change-adaptive rice varieties

The Ministry of Agriculture has developed a superior Cakrabuana Agritan rice variety in Merauke District, South Papua, ...

Jokowi invites Papuans to support National Immunization Week

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Tuesday, called on people in Papua to participate in making the 2024 National ...

Polio-induced paralysis untreatable: Jakarta health official

Paralysis due to a polio infection is untreatable, a Jakarta health official said on Thursday. "Until now, ...

Ministry makes meningitis vaccine mandatory for Umrah pilgrims

The Health Ministry issued circular number HK.02.02/A/3717/2024 that outlines meningitis vaccination for Hajj and Umrah ...