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Stunting prevalence slides in 28 provinces in 2022

The prevalence of childhood stunting declined in as many as 28 Indonesian provinces in 2022, supporting a 2.8-percent ...

Ministry examines biscuits used as additional food against stunting

The Indonesian Health Ministry reported that all suspected moldy biscuits used as additional food (PMT) to reduce ...

Ministry readies Hajj health budget of Rp389.8 bln for 2023

The Health Ministry has prepared a budget of Rp389.8 billion for providing health services during the 1444 Hijri/2023 ...

Government to consider banning e-cigarettes if proven dangerous

The government is contemplating on prohibiting electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) if found to be harmful to public ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lacking counseling behind instance of infant given coffee milk: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) drew attention to the instance of a mother feeding instant coffee milk to her baby and ...

Ministry distributes 40 million second booster tickets via application

The Ministry of Health has, so far, distributed 40 million tickets for the fourth dose or second booster dose COVID-19 ...

PeduliLindungi kept 626,000 patients from transmitting coronavirus

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the COVID-19 mobile contact tracing application PeduliLindungi has ...

Govt-private collaboration helped tackle COVID oxygen crisis: Minister

Collaboration between the government and private start-up companies helped meet the need for oxygen during the COVID-19 ...

Govt using COVID strategy to tackle non-communicable diseases

The Indonesian Health Ministry is applying its COVID-19 control strategy to prevent cases of non-communicable diseases ...

Public urged to partake in reducing cases of mental disorders: BKKBN

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Hasto Wardoyo called on the public to join in ...