#infectious disease

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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 ...

Monkeypox cases to reach 3,600 in Indonesia, ministry estimates

The Health Ministry and epidemiologists have estimated that the number of monkeypox cases in Indonesia could reach ...

Mpox: Jakarta continues close contact tracing to fight transmission

The Jakarta Health Office continues to conduct case detection efforts against mpox by tracing close contacts for 24 ...

Govt limiting monkeypox vaccination for close contacts: ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry has informed that the monkeypox vaccination will currently only be administered to ...

Govt prioritizing monkeypox vaccines for vulnerable groups: official

Internist and consultant on tropical and infectious diseases from the state-run Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), ...

Ministry of Health confirms no significant increase in ISPA cases

The Healthy Ministry's Directorate General of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (P2PM) said there was no ...

MPR Speaker asks government to optimize diphtheria handling

Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo has asked the government to optimize ...

President to influence TB patients into completing treatment: Minister

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin called on President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to influence tuberculosis (TB) ...