#drug and food control

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Support use of natural ingredients in cosmetics: BPOM

The National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) is supporting the use of natural materials obtained from ...

Report kidney injury-afflicted children's condition to SAPA : Ministry

- (the number) maybe will still increase a little -- can be treated properly," the minister remarked. He ...

BPOM head urges people to keep record of medicines

Head of the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) Penny Kusumastuti Lukito has asked people to keep a record ...

Consumer body urges govt to thoroughly investigate AKI in children

Head of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) Tulus Abadi has urged the government to thoroughly investigate ...

Critical patients allowed to take syrup medicines: ministry

Patients suffering from critical illnesses have been allowed to take syrup or liquid drugs with a doctor's ...

245 acute kidney injury cases detected in 26 provinces: Minister

A total of 245 cases of atypical progressive acute kidney injury have been detected in 26 Indonesian provinces so far, ...

Indonesia ready to help reconciliation of factions in Palestine

The Indonesian government is ready to facilitate reconciliation between the factions in Palestine to support full ...

Ministry hopes local COVID-19 vaccine to spearhead booster vaccination

The Ministry of Health expects that locally produced COVID-19 vaccine  will spearhead booster dose vaccination in ...

Contamination of syrup medicines suspected during quality control: IPA

It is suspected that the contamination of syrup medicines with prohibited substances occurred during the quality ...

Parents should observe children's urination to prevent kidney failure

Spokesperson of the Health Ministry Mohammad Syahril reminded parents to be aware of the frequency and amount of ...

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Tackling mysterious acute kidney injury in 241 Indonesian children

In October 2022, Indonesians were appalled by the Kanjuruhan football stadium stampede claiming 134 lives in Malang, ...

Health budget realization down 19.6%: minister

 The realization of the health budget fell to Rp113 trillion as of September-end 2022, down 19.6 percent (yoy) ...

Govt probing drugs, raw materials suspected of causing kidney failure

The Indonesian Government is investigating pharmaceutical raw materials and drug products suspected of causing acute ...

Drug intake not needed in all illnesses: Health official

The Jakarta Provincial Health Office emphasized that the public should understand that not all diseases need to be ...

EG, DEG in five medicinal syrup products exceed safe level: BPOM

The amount of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) in five medicinal syrup products in Indonesia exceeds ...