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Indonesia stresses need for raising global vaccine production

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has stressed the need for increasing global COVID-19 vaccine production in ...

COVID-19: Govt readies scenario for booster or third dose vaccine

The Ministry of Health has readied a scenario for the third dose or booster vaccine for preventing further transmission ...

The pandemic and the path to change

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought Indonesians to a two-way crossroad where they need to decide whether to stick with ...

BPJS Kesehatan strengthens preventive measures to lower diabetes cases

The Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has bolstered promotional and preventive activities of the ...

Healthcare personalization allows more accurate, equitable treatment

Healthcare personalization can help patients receive the right treatment and predict unwanted responses to unfit drugs, ...

Pneumonia vaccination to boost children's life expectancy in Indonesia

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has protracted in Indonesia, pneumonia remains one of the diseases that may ...

Pontianak mayor lauds Health Office for suppressing COVID-19 cases

Pontianak Mayor Edi Rusdi Kamtono lauded the Health Office in the city for its contribution to suppressing and ...

Biodiversity crucial asset to produce biotechnology-based medicine

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin deems biodiversity as a vital asset for Indonesia to become a biotechnology-based ...

Pandemic challenges status quo of Indonesia's health system: Minister

The COVID-19 pandemic that struck worldwide since last year has challenged the status quo of Indonesia's health ...

Mothers must be made focus of anti-stunting programs: official

To prevent childhood stunting, the discourse needs to shift from mothers' responsibilities toward the family to ...

Taiwan grants entry to Indonesian migrant workers again

Indonesia will be able to send migrant workers (PMI) to Taiwan from November 11, 2021 after a gap of nearly one year, ...

Rp169.7 trillion allocated for healthcare in 2021 RAPBN

The Indonesian government has set aside Rp169.7 trillion for healthcare in the 2021 Draft State Budget, said President ...

Annual Speech

Jokowi seeks expediting health sector reforms amid pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his state-of-the-nation address on Friday, called to accelerate fundamental reforms ...

One Data Indonesia supports recovery from COVID-19 impacts: Minister

National Development Planning Minister/Head of the National Planning Agency Suharso Monoarfa affirmed that the Satu ...

Health Minister says hospitals not trying to profit from pandemic

Indonesian Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has refuted allegations that hospitals have been trying to profit from ...