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JKN has revolutionized health services in 10 years: BPJS

The National Health Insurance (JKN) program, which has been running for almost 10 years in Indonesia, has ...

Ministry explains rationale for providing biscuits as additional food

The government has been providing biscuits as additional food to children since 2016 due to the limited ability of ...

Pandemic pushing all parties to work in synergy: President

The difficult conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic have offered valuable experience since they have forced all ...

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Varsities vie for international accreditation to boost reputation

Indonesian universities have continued to make the utmost effort to get international accreditations for their ...

Polish traveller detected with XBB 1.5 in Indonesia: Ministry

The Health Ministry reported that a case of the COVID-19 Kraken subvariant, or XBB 1.5, was detected in Indonesia, as ...

Ministry revving up immunizations lagging due to COVID-19 pandemic

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the government is catching up on immunization programs that lagged due ...

No plans to make second COVID booster travel requirement: Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has informed that the government so far has no plans to make the fourth dose or ...

Specific calculations needed in relaxing, tightening policies: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that relaxing and tightening policies in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

Ministry traces close contacts of COVID-19 Kraken variant patient

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that his ministry is currently tracing the close contacts of the patient of ...

Posyandus told to provide animal proteins as supplementary food

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has recommended that animal proteins be provided as ...

How Indonesia addressing stunting on several fronts

Even as it marks the 63rd National Nutrition Day this year, Indonesia is still struggling with childhood ...

Need to provide posyandus anthropometric devices for children: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin to provide anthropometric devices for ...

Stunting not only about low height for age: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accentuated that the problem of stunting in children is not only a matter of height but ...

Number of stunting cases dropped to 21.6 percent in 2022

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the number of stunting cases in children in Indonesia fell to 21.6 ...

Jokowi attributes reduction in stunting prevalence to parties' work

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated that stunting prevalence in Indonesia declined to 21.6 percent in 2022 on account ...