#mental health

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Pandemic status in Indonesia might end in February 2023: Minister

Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan estimates that Indonesia's ...

Ministry invites people to partake in campaign on mental health

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture invited the community to actively partake in the campaign ...

Government targets breast cancer detectors across cities by 2024

The government strives to ensure that all cities and districts in the country have mammograms for early detection of ...

Empowerment vital to address mental health problems: Deputy minister

Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono emphasized that main strategies encompassing advocacy, partnerships, ...

Pandemic has had major impact on mental health: ministry

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people’s mental health due to the loss of relatives, jobs, and ...

Cataract is leading cause of blindness in Indonesia: Health Ministry

An official from the Health Ministry cited the 2014-2015 Rapid Assessment of Avoiding Blindness (RAAB) survey while ...

Ministry bolsters mental health through referral transformation

The Health Ministry strives to improve access and quality of secondary and tertiary services for mental health ...

BPJS Kesehatan must cover treatment of self-inflicted injuries

Director for mental health at the Health Ministry Vensya Sitohang has highlighted the need to include the ...

Child with mental disorder granted wish to return to school

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini granted the wish of a child with a mental disorder from Manado, North Sulawesi, ...

Minister instructs release of mentally disabled shackled person

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini instructed her staff to release a person with mental disorders (ODGJ), who was ...

Ministry organizes campaign to mark World Mental Health Day

The Ministry of Social Affairs is conducting a campaign on mental health issues, challenges, and solutions to improve ...

Ministry striving to free persons with mental disorders from shackling

The Health Ministry is striving to free persons with mental disorders (ODGJs) from shackling by involving professional ...

Uniform distribution of mental health referral services by 2027

The distribution of mental health referral services will reach 100 percent by 2027, Indonesian Psychiatric Association ...

Grave risks to women, children due to divorce: Bappenas

Divorce causes serious risks and impact for children and women, according to Family, Woman, Child, Youth, and Sport ...

Strengthening evidence-based herbal medicine

The Center for Research and Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines (B2P2TOOT), a technical ...