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Praxion syrup drug is safe for consumption: BPOM

The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) announced that Praxion syrup is safe for consumption based on a series of ...

Indonesians urged to seek information on early prevention of cancer

Deputy Chairperson of People's Consultative Assembly Lestari Moerdijat compelled Indonesians to seek for more ...

Need to reduce stunting rate to 17% in 2023: minister

Everyone needs to improve collaboration to bring down stunting prevalence in 2023 to 17 percent at least, Health ...

One more Kraken case detected, patient had received booster: Ministry

The Health Ministry has confirmed that a South Tangerang resident, who received the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, ...

Jakarta govt providing COVID vaccinations in residential areas

The Jakarta Health Office has tasked officers from community health centers (puskesmas) with making direct visits to ...

Acting governor promises to monitor stunting handling in Jakarta

Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono has promised to directly supervise the handling of stunting cases in ...

Indonesia ranks third globally in leprosy prevalence: Ministry

Indonesia ranked third in the world in the number of cases of leprosy in 2021, according to the Health ...

Polish traveller detected with XBB 1.5 in Indonesia: Ministry

The Health Ministry reported that a case of the COVID-19 Kraken subvariant, or XBB 1.5, was detected in Indonesia, as ...

No plans to make second COVID booster travel requirement: Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has informed that the government so far has no plans to make the fourth dose or ...

Food portions to children need to be given as per age group: ministry

The Indonesian Health Ministry urged parents to provide healthy food and food portions to their children according to ...

Jokowi likens handling pandemic in Indonesia to "total football"

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) drew parallels between the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Dutch ...

Minister asks labor stakeholders to help eradicate TB in workplace

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has invited all stakeholders in the employment sector to actively take part in curbing ...

COVID-19: Jakarta boosts surveillance amid endemic transition

The Jakarta Health Office has continued to strengthen surveillance amid the transition to the endemic phase of COVID-19 ...

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The road to develop domestically produced Merah Putih vaccine

The year 2022 marked a new chapter in the journey of the pharmaceutical industry in the country by showcasing the ...

Capacity for COVID-19 testing needs to be strebgt: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK) reminded that capacity for COVID-19 testing ...