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Hearing aid supply fails to meet global needs: Health Ministry

The current number of hearing aids could not meet the needs of all deaf patients worldwide, according to the Health ...

Comorbidity factor, vaccinations determine pandemic end: Expert

The comorbidity factor and vaccination rates are the key factors in ending the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, public ...

More than 50% stunted children in five largest provinces: ministry

At least 51.2 percent of stunted children under the age of five are in the five largest provinces in Indonesia, acting ...

Joint village-owned enterprises to help meet food needs: minister

Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar expressed hope that ...

Govt seeking to slash extreme poverty to 1.5% by 2023

The Indonesian government is targeting to reduce extreme poverty to 2.0–1.5 percent by 2023, National Development ...

BKKBN-DKT targets contraceptive use in 70% of mothers post-labor

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) is collaborating with DKT Indonesia to ensure that 70 ...

National Press Day momentum to assert press as democratic pillar

Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) Chairperson Atal S. Depari opined that the 2022 National Press Day ...

Press has major role in shaping Indonesia's future: KSP

The Presidential Staff Office's (KSP's) Deputy IV Juri Ardianto opined that the press community has a major ...

COVID third wave could complicate stunting eradication effort: MP

A third COVID-19 wave could complicate the implementation of Indonesia's stunting eradication efforts, Netty ...

Health Ministry records 7,201 leprosy cases in 2021

The Health Ministry has said it recorded 7,201 new leprosy cases caused by mycobacterium leprae across the nation in ...

Stunting, obesity both extreme cases: Jakarta Governor

 Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that chronic lack of nutrition in infants, which results in shortened ...

Improving child nutrition key to prevent stunting: BKKBN

There is an urgent need to improve nutrition in children during their first thousand days (HPK) to reduce the ...

Nutrition must be taught in schools: Jakarta health office

The Jakarta Health Office has urged authorities to consider including modules on balanced nutrition in the school ...

Role of digital literacy communities in tackling hoaxes

Unrestricted exchange of information on social media has led to a rise in hoaxes, hate speech, and radical narratives, ...

Indonesia needs to work hard to curb childhood stunting: ministry

Indonesia needs to work hard to suppress the prevalence of stunting to 14 percent by 2024, an official from the ...