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NTT government readies 39,200 liters free disinfectant to curb ASF

The Provincial Government of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has readied assistance in the form of 39,200 liters of free ...

Minister asks RCCE group to continue raising health awareness

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has asked the Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Working Group to ...

Need to reduce stunting rate to 17% in 2023: minister

Everyone needs to improve collaboration to bring down stunting prevalence in 2023 to 17 percent at least, Health ...

Vaccination intended to reduce mortality during transition period

The mandate of the COVID-19 vaccination program during the endemic transition is to reduce the death rate to the lowest ...

99% of Indonesian population has COVID-19 antibodies: Ministry

Based on the results of the latest serosurvey conducted in January this year, 99 percent of the Indonesian population ...

Gov't improves early detection program to reduce cancer-related deaths

The Health Ministry improves the cancer early detection program to curb the risk of death due to the ...

Ministry, JICA collaborate to speed up vaccine logistics

The Health Ministry is expediting efforts to speed up domestic vaccine logistics through collaboration with the Japan ...

Indonesia's "radar, universal defense" in transition to endemic

Ever since the lifting of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) at the end of 2022, the development of the COVID-19 ...

Public awareness key for controlling COVID spread: expert

Head of the Professional Development Division of the Indonesian Association of Epidemiologists (PAEI) Masdalina ...

Ministry explains rationale for providing biscuits as additional food

The government has been providing biscuits as additional food to children since 2016 due to the limited ability of ...

Ministry examines biscuits used as additional food against stunting

The Indonesian Health Ministry reported that all suspected moldy biscuits used as additional food (PMT) to reduce ...

Government to consider banning e-cigarettes if proven dangerous

The government is contemplating on prohibiting electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) if found to be harmful to public ...

Ministry revving up immunizations lagging due to COVID-19 pandemic

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the government is catching up on immunization programs that lagged due ...

Number of stunting cases dropped to 21.6 percent in 2022

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the number of stunting cases in children in Indonesia fell to 21.6 ...

PeduliLindungi kept 626,000 patients from transmitting coronavirus

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the COVID-19 mobile contact tracing application PeduliLindungi has ...