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JKN coverage reached 95.77 percent of Indonesia's population: Ministry

The National Health Insurance (JKN) coverage has reached 267 million people, or equivalent to 95.77 percent of the ...

Vaccine candidates, therapies expected to control tuberculosis: Expert

Health expert Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama said that vaccine candidates and the development of the latest therapeutic ...

Preventing stunting through family planning

Human quality has a significant impact on the success of a nation's development, and one of the most important ...

Family planning vital to prevent stunting, BKKBN says

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has said that contraception or family planning has an ...

Medical faculties UM Surabaya vital in health improvement: Minister

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that Surabaya's Muhammadiyah University with its 13 medical faculties ...

Disseminating education vital in maintaining hearing health: Ministry

Director General of Disease Prevention and Control at the Health Ministry Maxi Rein Rondonuwu stated that education, ...

Expect to cut cervical cancer incidence significantly by 2030: govt

The Indonesian Health Ministry is expecting to significantly bring down the incidence of cervical cancer nationally to ...

WHO, EU to help boost Indonesia's resilience against future pandemics

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have agreed to cooperate to strengthen Indonesia's ...

Indonesia, WHO ink agreement on health program cooperation

Indonesia's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed the Grant Agreement and Joint ...

Most doctors reside in western Indonesia, says IDI

Chairman of the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI), Mohammad Adib, said on Monday that of the total 226,190 doctors ...

Cargill becomes first global edible oils supplier to meet World Health Organization’s best practice on eliminating industrially produced trans-fatty acids

- As of Jan. 1, 2024, every Cargill food customer, no matter where they are in the world, can be confident that the ...

Sweetened beverages are risk factor to three major diseases: Ministry

The Health Ministry stated that the top three non-communicable diseases in the world are caused by the excessive ...

Health Ministry recommends four pillars for healthy infant feeding

The Ministry of Health underlined four requirements for complementary feeding (MPASI) for infants according to the ...

Health diplomacy helped secure over 516 mln COVID vaccines: FM

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi on Monday said that Indonesia secured more than 516 million COVID-19 vaccine ...

Hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia rose by 255 percent

Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that the number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by ...