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Indonesian minister delivers aid to remote island in Maluku

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini undertook a 30-hour voyage from Ambon City, Maluku, to distribute assistance ...

Minister opens social granary to handle leprosy in Maluku's Tanimbar

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini, on Thursday, opened a social granary in Tanimbar Islands District, Maluku ...

Minister Risma says social granaries built to handle leprosy cases

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini has constructed a number of social granaries to handle the high number of ...

Health transformation helps push economic growth: Minister Airlangga

Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto underscored the need for health transformation to encourage ...

One million Indonesians still infected with neglected tropical disease

The Indonesian Health Ministry drew attention to the fact that around one million Indonesians were still infected with ...

Bappenas shares strategies for handling poverty, health issues

Minister of National Development Planning and head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso ...

BLUs have helped expedite economic recovery: minister

Public service agencies (BLUs) have helped Indonesia's economy recover relatively quickly from the COVID-19 ...

5 neglected tropical diseases still found in Indonesia: Ministry

Five neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are still being detected in Indonesia, according to the Health ...

Health, education as vital tools to realize Indonesia Vision 2045

Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Suharso ...

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 ...

JKN members with nine special conditions need no referral

Patients of the National Health Insurance (JKN)  with nine health disorder conditions can be handled by hospitals ...

Abolish stigma against leprosy patients: Governor

The stigma and discrimination against people suffering from leprosy must be eliminated, Central Java Governor Ganjar ...

End leprosy stigma with trendy campaign: Deputy health minister

Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono emphasized that the campaign to eradicate the stigma of leprosy ...

Health Ministry records 7,201 leprosy cases in 2021

The Health Ministry has said it recorded 7,201 new leprosy cases caused by mycobacterium leprae across the nation in ...