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Ministry pegs total COVID-19 cases at 16 million

Based on a survey conducted from August 2020 to February 2021, the Health Ministry has estimated the number of ...

Provision of USG equipment signals progress in public health: official

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono lauded the provision of ultrasonography (USG) equipment to public health ...

Ministry sends devices to health posts to prevent maternal deaths

The Ministry of Health is in the process of delivering ultrasonography devices to all public health centers (Puskesmas) ...

Army chief of staff visits West Papua's Manokwari

Army Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Military (TNI), General Dudung Abdurachman, visited Manokwari district on ...

SEAMEO RECFON engages multi-stakeholder for Protein Consumption Campaign to combat Stunting in Indonesia

With tears of happiness, the health cadre from Nagari Bandar Siantar in Simalungun, North Sumatera, slowly share her ...

Pandemic opportunity to improve global health system: minister

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed over 5 million lives and infected over 250 million people globally, has ...

Greater vaccination coverage can prevent COVID-19 third wave: expert

Indonesia can avoid a potential third COVID-19 wave if the government expedites vaccination coverage, Iwan Ariawan, an ...

Mukomuko receives 21,060 COVID-19 vaccine doses of Pfizer

The Mukomuko District Health Office, Bengkulu Province, received an additional 21,060 COVID-19 vaccine doses of Pfizer ...

Risk of COVID-19 uptick still high: expert

The risk of an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country is still high, an epidemiologist from the Faculty of ...

Intan Jaya: Two arrested over police precinct shooting freed

Two Papuan youths arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in a shooting at the Sugapa police precinct in ...

Health Ministry to continue health sector transformation

The Health Ministry will continue to transform the six pillars of the health sector, the ministry's acting director ...

Worker in Nduga suffers leg injury in Papuan terrorist attack

Several armed Papuan separatist terrorists set ablaze an asphalt plant, owned by PT Delarosa, in Nduga Sub-district, ...

Military confirms death of Papuan terrorist in Sugapa's gunfight

An armed Papuan separatist terrorist was killed in a gunfight with Indonesian soldiers in Wandoga Village, Sugapa ...

Bluehole publishes a feature story on global advocacy for tobacco harm reduction prior to WHO FCTC COP9

China’s leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today published a feature story on global advocacy for ...

Surabaya takes precautionary measures against new COVID-19 variants

Surabaya Mayor Eri Cahyadi has taken some precautionary measures against a third wave of COVID-19, or the delta plus ...