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ASEAN 2023

Indonesia pushes health digitalization as ASEAN chair

Indonesia is promoting the digitalization of the health sector during its 2023 ASEAN chairmanship through two ...

COVID emergency status to continue: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy on Monday said that the COVID-19 ...

APEC tracks progress in cervical cancer elimination

APEC, through its Health Working Group, announced a comprehensive report that measures the progress in cervical cancer ...

Health Bill to help increase production of specialist doctors: govt

The Health Bill will help Indonesia's endeavors increase the production of high-quality health workers through a ...

Genomic surveillance increased to curb Arcturus spread: ministry

Genomic surveillance has been increased in all regions to monitor the Arcturus or XBB.1.16, a new variant of COVID-19, ...

Indonesia strengthens Marburg early detection system at entryways

The Indonesian government strengthens the early detection system at several entryways to prevent imported cases of ...

Health Bill proposes forming National Health Quarantine Agency

The Health Bill proposes formation of the National Health Quarantine Agency (BKKN) tasked with handling the issue of ...

Health Draft Bill outlines hospital-based medical education: Ministry

The Health Ministry stated that the draft bill on health encapsulates the concept of hospital-based medical education ...

Indonesia still needs 30,000 specialist doctors: ministry

Indonesia still requires 30 thousand specialist doctors to meet the ideal service needs, the Health Ministry has ...

Push to add medics must include doctor distribution plan: IDI

The program to increase the number of doctors in Indonesia could potentially trigger intellectual unemployment if it is ...

Health Ministry ups vigilance against Marburg disease

The Health Ministry has increased vigilance against Marburg disease originating from Equatorial Guinea, ministry ...

Not all TB cases treated and cured: Health expert

Health expert Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama stated that not all Tuberculosis (TB) cases in Indonesia had been able to be ...

UGM launches application to monitor drug-resistant TB patients

The Center for Tropical Medicine (PKT) of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta has developed a mobile application ...

Tracing 20 contacts of Purwakarta polio patient: ministry

The Ministry of Health has traced 20 people who came in close contact with a child in Purwakarta, West Java, who ...

Minister to discuss COVID-19 status with WHO DG this month

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has planned to meet Director-General of the World Health Organization ...