#infectious disease

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Some 20,783 syphilis cases found in Indonesia in 2022: ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry found 20,783 people to have been confirmed to be infected with syphilis in various ...

Responding to end of COVID-19 emergency phase

On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the COVID-19 global emergency status, which was ...

Why immunization can be a shot in the arm against outbreaks

In recent years, Indonesia’s basic immunization program, which is part of an effort to boost people's ...

University of Nebraska Medical Center and ANANDA Scientific announce First Patient Enrolled in FDA-approved clinical trial for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

- The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and ANANDA Scientific Inc. today announced that the first patient ...

Avoid contact with sick birds to prevent bird flu: expert

The Association of Indonesian Pulmonologists (PDPI) has urged people to avoid direct contact with sick birds and remain ...

Bird flu can develop rapidly into severe lung disease: official

The Jakarta Provincial Health Service has informed that bird flu in humans can quickly develop into severe lung ...

Jakarta tightens monitoring of diphtheria spread

The Jakarta Health Service has intensified the monitoring of diphtheria transmission following reports of an ...

Ministry records 710 dengue cases in first month of 2023

The Indonesian Health Ministry reported that the number of dengue cases in the country had reached around 710 in two ...

Low fund allocations in APBD challenge to leprosy handling: Ministry

The Ministry of Health has said that low fund allocation in regional budgets (APBD) for the handling of tropical ...

Indonesia ranks third globally in leprosy prevalence: Ministry

Indonesia ranked third in the world in the number of cases of leprosy in 2021, according to the Health ...

FMD, LSD can disrupt livestock productivity: Agriculture Ministry

Currently, two diseases have the potential to disrupt livestock productivity, namely foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and ...

APEC announces regional dashboard to track progress on immunization

APEC member economies announced a comprehensive dashboard to help measure their collective progress towards ...

Minister seeks monthly detecting 60 thousand TB cases in 2023

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin urged all parties to work in unison to find 60 thousand cases of Tuberculosis (TB) ...

Climate change causing an increase in infectious diseases: BRIN

The incidence of infectious diseases is increasing on account of climate change, according to an official from the ...

Active cross-sectoral role paramount to eliminating TB by 2030: Minister

The Indonesian Health Ministry affirmed that the target for the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 necessitates ...