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Ministry targets 230 districts, cities to test Wolbachia deployments

The Ministry of Health is targeting around 230 districts and cities in Indonesia to conduct trials for introducing ...

Ministry notes shorter intervals in peaks of dengue cases

The Health Ministry highlighted shorter intervals between peaks of dengue cases since first being identified in ...

Indonesia records 799 dengue deaths as of week 23, cases top 2023

The Indonesian Health Ministry has recorded 799 dengue deaths and 131,501 dengue cases as of the 23rd week of ...

Dengue cases as of Week 22 exceed 2023 figure: ministry

The Health Ministry has said that as of the 22nd week of 2024, nearly 120 thousand dengue cases have been recorded in ...

No overwhelmed health facilities amid increasing dengue cases: Govt

The Health Ministry clarified that health service facilities were not overwhelmed amid a three-fold spike in cases of ...

Dengue fever symptoms changed in COVID-19 survivors: Ministry

The Health Ministry confirmed changes in the symptoms of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) among persons who had ...

AMR control system at Tulungagung hospital designated as pilot project

The Indonesian Health Ministry commended the implementation of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) control system at Dr. ...

Climate change driving up dengue infections: Ministry

The Health Ministry has reported that in 2023, it managed to bring down the number of dengue cases from 143 thousand to ...

Health Ministry issues dengue warning to Bali tourists

The Health Ministry has issued an early warning asking local and foreign tourists to remain alert against dengue ...

Posyandu play vital role in kidney disease prevention: Ministry

The Health Ministry stated that integrated service posts (posyandu) serve as a crucial effort to prevent chronic kidney ...

Education vital to eradicate tuberculosis stigma: ministry

The Health Ministry has stressed the need to educate people and raise awareness about tuberculosis given the lingering ...

Anticipating the emergence of infectious diseases in 2023

Newly emerged infectious diseases, or known as EIDs, have become the talk of the town after the slowdown in development ...

Strengthen health pillars to prevent mycoplasma pneumonia outbreak

There is a need to strengthen four health system pillars — prevention, detection, response, and recovery — ...

All 24 monkeypox patients are mildly symptomatic males: Official

The DKI Jakarta Health Service reported that there are 24 positive monkeypox cases in the city, based on data on ...

Mpox: 14 cases confirmed in Indonesia so far

Director general of disease prevention and control at the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, has said that 14 ...