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TB control forum seeking to boost multi-sector commitment: ministry

The Tuberculosis (TB) Multi-Sector Forum established by the central government is aiming to strengthen multi-sectoral ...

Complete basic immunization still eluded 1.7 million children

Around 1.7 million Indonesian children had not yet received complete basic immunization during the 2019-2021 period or ...

People should remain cautious before going maskless outdoors: Ministry

Health Promotion and People's Empowerment Director at the Ministry of Health Imran Agus Nurali urged people to ...

Jakarta encourages optimizing measures for tuberculosis eradication

The Jakarta Deputy Governor, Ahmad Riza Patria, encourages the optimization of tuberculosis-alleviation measures since ...

Global funding for TB control is multiplying: Health Ministry

Global funding for the Tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control program was agreed to be increased by four folds ...

Ministry expands mobile X-ray service to cut TB transmission

The Health Ministry has expanded the X-ray mobile service to intensify the tracking of active tuberculosis (TB) cases ...

Minister presses for smarter investment among measures to handle TB

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has called for various measures to handle tuberculosis (TB), including smarter ...

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G20 Health Working Group meeting held in Yogyakarta

The Ministry of Health held the first G20 Health Working Group (HWG) titled "Harmonizing Global Health Protocol ...

One million Indonesians annually seek medical treatment abroad: gov't

The Ministry of Health stated that the number of Indonesian citizens going abroad, especially to Malaysia, Singapore, ...

Decline in visits to health facilities hampers TB treatment: ministry

The reduced number of public visits to health facilities during the pandemic has become one of the challenges to ...

Indonesia pushes global investment for TB elimination: Ministry

Director of Prevention and Control of Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases at the Ministry of Health Didik Budijanto ...

Realizing equal distribution of resources in health transformation

At the G20 Summit in Rome in October 2021, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) invited G20 leaders to partake in ...

Health Ministry reviews Yogyakarta readiness for G20 HWG

Secretary general of the Health Ministry, Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha, has reviewed preparations in Yogyakarta for the ...

Manage stress to maintain mental health amid pandemic: Ministry

Alongside maintaining physical health, managing stress to preserve mental health is just as important amid the ...

Gov't encourages broader coverage of tuberculosis preventive treatment

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono encouraged professional health organizations to ramp up the provision of ...