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Ministry uses IHME data for air pollution impact analysis

The Indonesian Health Ministry utilizes data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) as a reference ...

Wear masks to prevent pollution-related diseases : Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked Indonesians to wear masks outdoors to prevent respiratory diseases caused ...

KPAI calls for screening children's health as air quality worsens

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has underlined the need for screening the health of children in ...

President asks Jakarta to speed up transition to EVs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked the Jakarta provincial government to accelerate the transition to electric ...

Long-term COVID mitigation in endemic era

On June 21, 2023, Indonesia finally entered the COVID-19 endemic phase after three years of battling the ...

West Papua implements steps to prevent rabies transmission

The Livestock and Animal Health Service of West Papua Province implements steps to prevent rabies transmission despite ...

Minister mulls prohibiting multiple Hajj

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK), Muhadjir Effendy, will open a discourse on prohibiting ...

Pregnant women, elderly, toddlers most vulnerable to air pollution

Pregnant women, toddlers, the elderly, and people with lung disease are the groups most vulnerable to air pollution, ...

Government initiates 2023 National Rotavirus Immunization Program

The government has commenced the implementation of the 2023 National Rotavirus (RV) Immunization Program that aims to ...

Minister urges people to wear masks to prevent respiratory infections

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Muhadjir Effendy has appealed to people to wear ...

Health Ministry plans to expand national HPV immunization coverage

The Indonesian Health Ministry is planning to expand the coverage of free immunization against cervical cancer in all ...

Breastfeeding reduces risk of obesity in children: ministry

Exclusive breastfeeding up to the age of 24 months can reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes in children, an official ...

RI gives Australia 60 days to investigate skin disease in cattle

Indonesia has given Australia 60 days, that is, until September 12, 2023, to investigate the finding of Lumpy Skin ...

Little chance that most mutated COVID-19 variants to trigger spike

Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman stated that the emergence of SARS-COV-2 that causes COVID-19, with ...

Hepatitis B mostly transmits from mother to child: ministry

In Indonesia, Hepatitis B is mostly being transmitted from mother to child, according to an official from the Health ...