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Indonesia Aims To Become Global Hub of Vaccine Development

The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a target that by 2015 there should be adequate production of influenza ...

Indonesia Among Countries Bearing Largest Burden of Malaria

Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea bear the largest burden of malaria disease, according to a ...

Bio Farma prioritizes domestic demand: spokesman

State-owned vaccine producer PT Bio Farma has prioritized the supply of vaccines for domestic needs for helping in the ...

BPOM guarantees quality of Bio Farma products

The National Drug and Food Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has ensured that Bio Farma products are of high quality and are ...

Indonesia has potential to become global hub of vaccine development

Indonesia has huge potential to become a global hub of vaccine development, President Director of PT Bio Farma ...

Pfizer Donates Vials of Factor IX to the World Federation of Hemophilia

- Pfizer Hemophilia is donating more than 35 million IUs of its recombinant factor IX therapy to the World Federation ...

MHF kills five in Uganda

Nine Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF) cases, including five deaths, have been reported in Uganda, the World Health ...

Facing anti-malaria nets, mosquitoes alter habits

After two African villages started using mosquito nets to fight malaria, the local mosquitoes seemed to change their ...

Tobacco Farmers Unite in Condemning WHO's Plan to Threaten 30 Million Jobs

-ITGA Launches Global Petition Campaign to Oppose Draconian Measures     More than 30 million ...

Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia set up dengue network

Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia announced on Tuesday that they have set up a network to push forward information ...

Ebola outbreak in Uganda kills 13 - official

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has killed 13 people in Uganda and efforts are under way to contain the ...

World Hepatitis Alliance Welcomes New Global Framework

-Alliance calls on governments to support the WHO strategy by setting regional targets to eradicate this killer ...

New UN campaign against organised crime

The UN`s drugs and crime office launched a new media awareness campaign on Monday to highlight the threat posed by the ...

Indonesian Health Ministry wary of mystery illness in Cambodia

The Indonesian Ministry of Health is wary of an undiagnosed illness that has claimed the lives of at least 50 ...

300,000 people in U.S. living with chagas disease

As many as 300,000 people in the United States may have chronic Chagas disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...