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Collection of papua health news, found 62 news.

Pertamina guarantees secure supply of LPG for Jayapura

State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina has guaranteed a secure supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for ...

Government to restore public facilities damaged in Papua unrest

The government will conduct the renovation of buildings and public facilities that had incurred damage during the ...

Papua health workers verify report on 17 deaths in Bomela

The Papua Health Office dispatched a team to Bomela Sub-district, Yahukimo District, to check the validity of a report ...

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Government's intervention helps control dengue outbreak

As Indonesia is experiencing the peak of rainy season in January and February this year, mosquito-borne viral disease ...

Health Ministry sends 100 units of dengue RDT instruments to Papua

The Health Ministry has distributed 100 small packs of dengue rapid diagnostic test (RDT) instrument to ...

News Focus - Papua, West Papua remain at risk of elephantiasis l

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, has been a public health problem in Indonesia for a long time, with ...

Indonesia aims to be free of malaria by 2020

Indonesia, with almost half of its population residing in malaria-endemic areas, aims to be free of the mosquito-borne ...

Malaria remains endemic in Indonesia

Thousands of people in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, West Papua, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and North Maluku are ...

Three districts in Papua to conduct elephantiasis treatment

Only three districts in Indonesias easternmost province of Papua will carry out mass treatment against the lymphatic ...

Elephantiasis disease targeted in 12 districts in Papua

Residents in some 12 districts in Indonesias easternmost province of Papua are at risk of contracting lymphatic ...

Indonesia health minister visits Timika to monitor leprosy

Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi visits Timika, Papua to monitor the spread of leprosy in Mumugu village, Asmat ...

West Papua governor denies reports of malnutrition

West Papua Governor Abraham O. Atururi here on Thursday denied information that malnutrition in Tambrauw District, ...

Governor denies dozens died of Kwarshiokor

West Papua Governor Abraham O Ataruri denied reports that 94 people in Kwoor, Tambrauw Distrik, had died of ...

Papua badly needs health care facility

Coordinating Minister for the People`s Welfare Agung Laksono expressed concern with the condition of health care ...

Victim of Papua shooting to be evacuated to Singapore

A German citizen who was the victim of a shooting incident at BASE G beach, Jayapura, on Tuesday, May 29, will soon be ...