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BKKBN joins hands with private, foreign partners to reduce stunting

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) will collaborate with a number of private and foreign ...

UI launches world-class tourism village program

The University of Indonesia (UI) has launched a program to create a world-class tourism village that prioritizes ...

Govt, healthcare actors discuss ways to optimize digital potential

The Communication and Informatics Ministry held discussions with players of the digital healthcare industry to optimize ...

Jakarta: Kids aged 6--11 to get COVID jab at school

Jakarta will include schools as COVID-19 vaccination sites for children in the 6–11 age group, an official has ...

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Importance of equitable distribution of vaccines

Globally, the number of weekly COVID-19 cases and deaths have increased for over a month. During the week of ...

Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) announces roadmap at COP26 for leveraging untapped potential of carbon mineralization

The ICEF roadmap was presented at an official side event of the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) and it discussed ...

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 ...