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Gov't preparing strategies to prevent obesity in children

The government is preparing strategies to prevent obesity in children to suppress the risk of non-communicable ...

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) ...

Fomepizole effective against acute kidney injury: govt

The provision of fomepizole as an antidote for ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) intoxication has had a ...

Time to impose deterring punishment amid kidney injury cases: BPOM

National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) Head Penny K. Lukito called for reinforcing legal sanctions, with a ...

TB mitigation not just about medication: ministry

 The handling of tuberculosis (TB) not only requires medication, but also environmental, behavioral, nutritional, ...

Association suggests BPOM to mandate industry to self-inspect products

The Association of Indonesian Doctors for the Development of Traditional and Herbal Medicine (PDPOTJI) has recommended ...

Minister lists four frameworks in tackling tuberculosis cases

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin outlined four frameworks for tuberculosis (TB) resolution that were initiated in ...

Acute kidney injury: BPOM asked to quality test drugs

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) to carry out production ...

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Tackling mysterious acute kidney injury in 241 Indonesian children

In October 2022, Indonesians were appalled by the Kanjuruhan football stadium stampede claiming 134 lives in Malang, ...

Acute kidney injury in Indonesia can be cured: Health Minister

A cure for acute kidney injury (AKI) in children has been found with the government obtaining the appropriate ...

Drug intake not needed in all illnesses: Health official

The Jakarta Provincial Health Office emphasized that the public should understand that not all diseases need to be ...

EG, DEG in five medicinal syrup products exceed safe level: BPOM

The amount of ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) in five medicinal syrup products in Indonesia exceeds ...

Government handles TB spread through name-, address-based surveillance

The Indonesian Government is committed to handling the spread of tuberculosis (TB) disease cases through a good ...

Guideline for treating children with acute kidney injury in place

The Health Ministry has issued the Clinical Management and Handling of Atypical Progressive Acute Kidney Injury as a ...

IDAI probing factors behind rapidly progressive acute kidney disorder

The Indonesian Paediatric Society (IDAI) is investigating the causes behind the rapidly progressive atypical acute ...