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Sweetened beverages are risk factor to three major diseases: Ministry

The Health Ministry stated that the top three non-communicable diseases in the world are caused by the excessive ...

Ministry plans to emulate Singapore in regulating sweetened drinks

Indonesian Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono plans to follow on Singapore's path in regulating ...

Ministry to ratify excise on sweetened drinks regulation this year

The Indonesian Health Ministry ensures that a regulation regarding excise on packaged sweetened drinks (MBDK) will be ...

National Nutrition Day opportunity to raise stunting awareness: govt

The 64th National Nutrition Day (HGN) commemoration is a good momentum to raise awareness and launch joint efforts to ...

Ministry presses for stunting prevention efforts in after-birth phase

The Indonesian Health Ministry stated that one of the important phases to prevent stunting in toddlers is after birth, ...

Low intake of animal protein causes stunting in children: Ministry

The Ministry of Health's Director of Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health, Lovely Daisy, stated that the low ...

Health Ministry recommends four pillars for healthy infant feeding

The Ministry of Health underlined four requirements for complementary feeding (MPASI) for infants according to the ...

Polio immunization coverage reaches 76.9 percent on the fourth day

The Indonesian Health Ministry recorded that the coverage of the National Immunization Subweek (PIN) for Polio on the ...

Indonesia gets $309 mln grant for HIV, TB, malaria fight

The Indonesian government has received a US$309 million grant from the Global Fund to eliminate the human ...

Dengue vaccination not covered by BPJS Health: official

President director of state-run insurer BPJS Health, Ghufron Mukti, said that his party will not cover the cost of ...

Polio immunization coverage at 47.5 percent in East Java: Ministry

The Health Ministry reported that 47.5 percent of children aged 0–7 years in East Java province participated in ...

Election officials urged to take health screenings to prevent fatigue

The Indonesian Health Ministry stated that health screening for election officials can prevent fatigue-related health ...

Public must only buy medical devices having distribution permits: govt

The Indonesian Health Ministry reminded the public to ensure that health-related items, namely pharmaceutical products ...

Ministry targets 95 percent coverage from Polio immunization week

Health Ministry targets coverage of at least 95 percent of participants in the Polio National Immunization Sub-Week ...

Ministry partners with private parties to achieve zero dengue deaths

The Indonesian Health Ministry is collaborating with private partners to run several sustainable efforts in tackling ...