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Indonesia steps up TB fight, aims to detect 900k more cases

The Indonesian government is conducting tuberculosis surveillance programs such as screening to detect TB patients, ...

Local govts should establish task force to battle TBC, polio: Minister

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian appealed to regional governments to form vaccination teams or task forces to ...

Local govts must aggressively pursue TB prevention: C Papua governor

Acting governor of Central Papua, Ribka Haluk, has asked local governments in the region to aggressively implement ...

Indonesia's Health Ministry clarifies infant death after immunization

Indonesia's Health Ministry has issued a clarification on Sunday regarding the death of a three-month-old male ...

Foreign partnerships boost Indonesia's health sector, says official

Indonesia's Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono highlighted significant advancements in the health ...

Ministry records Rp13.9 T in foreign direct grants in health sector

The Health Ministry recorded a comprehensive commitment of US$931.7 million (Rp13.976 trillion) in foreign direct ...

Why hepatitis is a lurking global health threat

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, as many as 304 million people are living with chronic ...

Need to tackle smoking to prevent TB increase: ministry

The Health Ministry has said that five factors could lead to higher tuberculosis (TB) incidence in Indonesia, with ...

31.7% of provinces now have TB-handling units: ministry

The Home Affairs Ministry has informed that 31.7 percent of the 38 provinces in Indonesia as well as 34.1 percent of ...

Financial protection necessary for TB patients: Minister Muhadjir

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has highlighted the importance of financial ...

Home Affairs Minister urges regions to form TB handling teams

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has urged regional governments to form a tuberculosis (TB) handling team in their ...

Health transformation helps push economic growth: Minister Airlangga

Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto underscored the need for health transformation to encourage ...

Need to end stigma to eliminate TB: ministry

The Ministry of Health has urged all Indonesians to help end the negative stigma surrounding tuberculosis (TB) so that ...

India's success in handling tuberculosis must be emulated by Indonesia

The Indonesian Lung Doctors Association's (PDPI's) Honorary Council Chairman, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, affirmed ...

Aggressive contact tracing key to fight TB: Health official

The Ministry of Health highlighted the need to step up contact investigation as part of the efforts to realize the ...