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Bio Farma to launch kit for cervical cancer detection

based early detection kit for the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. CerviScan could be an ...

Minister Effendy highlights innovation to reduce stunting

Coordinating Minister of Human Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy highlighted innovation as essential to ...

Genome sequencing, serosurveys key for pandemic control: Minister

The key to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic lies in identifying new virus types through genome sequencing and ...

Cultivating Germas to improve people's life quality

"Preventing a disease is better than treating it" are not just words of wisdom but rather something that ...

Govt advises against liquid nitrogen use in ready-to-eat food

The Indonesian Health Ministry has advised businesses not to use liquid nitrogen in ready-to-eat foods, especially ...

Liquid nitrogen's non-procedural use in food can trigger poisoning

The Indonesian Health Ministry cautioned that the use of liquid nitrogen in ready-to-eat food products without ...

Jakarta to rehabilitate 250 slum areas to improve public health

Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono has planned to rehabilitate slums areas located in 250 community units ...

7,000 babies dying yearly due to lack of specialists: health minister

At least 7,000 babies die each year of congenital heart disease in Indonesia due to a lack of cardiologists and low ...

Gynecologist urges women to check uterine health regularly

A gynecologist at Persahabatan Central General Hospital (RSUP), Jakarta, has urged all adult women to get regular ...

COVID emergency status still valid despite PPKM revocation: ministry

The COVID-19 emergency status in Indonesia is still in place even though the government has officially lifted the ...

Health Ministry, Muhammadiyah forge partnership in health sector

The Indonesian Health Ministry and the Executive Board of the Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, established ...

Health Ministry awards Surabaya for success in achieving herd immunity

The Health Ministry gave an award to the city of Surabaya, East Java, as it was considered successful in boosting the ...

68.57 million Indonesians receive third COVID-19 vaccine dose

The number of Indonesians who have received the third dose or the first booster of the COVID-19 vaccine reached 68.57 ...

COVID-19 vaccination must continue despite PPKM revocation: minister

COVID-19 vaccinations must continue despite the revocation of the community activity restrictions (PPKM) policy on ...

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Indonesia advancing towards COVID-19 endemic stage

- the only agency authorized to declare a pandemic -- is yet to confirm that the world has entered the COVID-19 endemic ...