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Pediatrician Association seeks Jokowi`s interference in diphtheria handling

Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) Chairman Aman Bhakti Pulungan expressed hope that President Joko Widodo ...

Bio Farma target its revenue worth Rp3 trillion in 2017

State-owned vaccine producer Bio Farma has targeted its revenues in 2017 to be around Rp3 trillion, with vaccine ...

Indonesia to be free of rubella by 2020: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his hope that Indonesia would be free of rubella and measles by 2020. ...

President Jokowi orders immediate settlement of acid attack case

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Tuesday ordered an immediate settlement of the case related to an acid attack on the ...

Jokowi passes strong order to get tougher on drug crime

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has passed strong order to get tougher on drug crimes pointing to growing varieties of ...

Circulation of fake vaccines constitutes crime against humanity

The circulation of fake vaccines should not recur in Indonesia as it constitutes crime against humanity. The ...

Police arrests five suspects for spurious vaccines

The National Police has arrested five persons suspected of manufacturing and distributing spurious vaccines for ...

Rohingya Asylum Seekers Treated With Compassion In Aceh

- Since the issue emerged, the people and government of Aceh Darussalam have sympathized with and shown their ...

UNICEF report highlights dramatic impact of Ebola on children

Ebola has had a devastating impact on children in most-affected West Africa, with children making up about 20 percent ...

Bio Farma Continues Presidency of the Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN)

Mahendra Suhardono, Marketing Director of Bio Farma, has been re-elected as DCVMN President for 2014 - 2016 at the ...

First Global Vaccine Summit Highlights Remarkable Progress Towards Vaccinating Every Child

- More than 300 global leaders, health and development experts, vaccinators, celebrities, philanthropists, and business ...

Over 360 mln people live with hearing loss

More than 360 million people in the world are suffering from hearing loss, a report released by the World Health ...

Govt pulling out all the stops to reduce maternal death rate

Indonesia`s maternal mortality rate of 228 per 100,000 live births remains the highest in Southeast Asia, but the ...

Ugandan Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 16

The death toll resulting from the deadly Ebola outbreak in Uganda has increased to 16 after two more people died, a ...

Measles-related mortality rate drops 90 percent

The measles-related mortality rate in Indonesia has dropped by about 90 percent, a study by an international team of ...