Jakarta (Antara) – Vape continues to become a dilemma even though it is widely deemed by its users as a safer alternative compared to traditional smoking.

Jakarta (Antara) – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has deemed it 'haram' for seven state-run hospitals in his province to reject patients who seek medical care.

Jakarta – The government plans to provide subsidies for the third class service of national health insurance (JKN) following widespread criticism the recently announced premium hikes w

Primus Dorimulu, Jakarta – Newly-appointed Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto says he welcomes a greater role from the private sector in providing healthcare, given that most hospit

Jakarta – Indonesia's state health insurer will raise regular customers' premiums starting 2020 to patch up deficits and the government will chip in to cover this year's $2.3 billion e

Anselmus Bata & Dina Manafe, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has issued a regulation that will double the premiums most Indonesian pay for the national health insurance sc

Taufiq Siddiq, Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – An environment watchdog Nexus3 Foundation revealed many children's equipment in 32 playgrounds across Jakarta contained a high concentrate of l

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has taken down a Facebook post featuring a photo of Joker, a character in a movie with the same name who is pushed

Paulina Quintao – The Acting Minister of Health and current Vice Minister for Development and Health Strategic Issues, Bonifacio Maucoli dos Reis said according to ministry's data, man

Jakarta (Bisnis) – Ombudsman assesses that the government must be careful when imposing sanctions for participants of the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) in pay

Dina Manafe, Jakarta – A whopping 82 percent of Indonesian households lead an unhealthy lifestyle, a huge factor in the swelling deficit of the country's national health insurance sche

Jakarta (Antara) – A number of residents, who are being evacuated from Jayawijaya, Papua due to Wamena riot, are starting to suffer from diarrhea and skin disease at the refugee camps.

Paris – East Timor is imposing restrictions on the movement of livestock to contain African Swine flu, its agriculture ministry said on Monday after reporting multiple outbreaks to the

Frank Fang, Taipei, Taiwan – Health authorities in Taiwan are warning travelers not to bring any meat products from East Timor, after the Southeast Asian nation confirmed an outbreak o

Suryadi, Pekanbaru, Indonesia - September 16 was a happy day for Evan Zendrato and Lasma Yani Zega. The young couple gave birth to a boy weighing 2.8 kilograms (6.1 pounds).

Indonesian forest fires are putting nearly 10 million children at risk from air pollution, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as scientists said the blazes were releasing vast amounts

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Indonesia Consumers Foundation (YLKI) head Tulus Abadi opined the government is not seriously controlling the consumption of cigarettes so far.

Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Humanitarian Senior Advocacy Manager of Save the Children Indonesia, Rinsan Lumban Tobing, said the future of the children who are exposed to haze from the fore

A four-month-old infant reportedly died in the city of Palembang, South Sumatra yesterday, with the suspected cause of her death being haze from forest fires that have choked the regio

Saeed Kamali Dehghan – Indonesia is stepping up efforts to protect people with mental health conditions by affording national agencies new powers to monitor and close down institutions

Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – Ahmad Safrudin, the executive director of the leaded fuel eradication committee (KPBB), revealed the toll of air pollution in Jakarta.

Dina Manafe, Jakarta – A new study by the University of Indonesia's Social Security Study Center claims that excessive smoking habit among poor families in Indonesia is exacerbating th

Dina Manafe & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Costly treatments for heart disease, kidney failure and cancer, health problems that could be prevented with healthier lifestyle or curable with

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) president director, Fachmi Idris, admitted that a total of 2,348 companies manipulated d

Tasha Wibawa – Walking through rural Indonesia, it's not uncommon to see primary school children smoking cigarettes.

The Pro-Rector for Cooperation at the National University of Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL), Eduardo Aniceto Serrao said the university has established a good cooperation with Cuba, to support

Jakarta – A pregnant woman named Novi Sri Wahyuni, 21, claimed she had received and consumed expired vitamins from a community health center (Puskesmas) in Kamal Muara subdistrict, Pen

Jakarta (Antara) – The government has outlined a target to lower the prevalence of stunting in its National Medium-term Development Plan to 19 percent by 2024.

Shotaro Tani and Ismi Damayanti, Jakarta – Indonesia is struggling to fill a massive hole in the finances of its compulsory national health insurance system.

Despite the country still having some of the laxest tobacco regulations in the world, many Indonesian cities have at least made progress in implementing bans on smoking in public place

Francisca Christy Rosana, Jakarta – The National Social Security Board (DJSN) suggested the increase of the premium for the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) at a

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Association of Food and Nutrition Experts (Pergizi Pangan Indonesia) has drawn attention to a disturbing rising trend of overnutrition-triggered obesi

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Ms Ayu Rohaya was keeping a watchful eye on the four construction workers mending a portion of her neighbourhood's footpath which unexpectedly collapsed several

Jakarta (Antara) – In the midst of several countries legalizing marijuana for medical use, Indonesia remains unfazed to follow suit as the country never used the substance as a form of

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The head of the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association (PDPI), Agus Dwi Susanto, said that air pollution emitted from motorized vehicles is as dangerous as

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Veterinary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP), Joanita Bendita da Costa said she does not guarantee the quality and security

Paulina Quintao – The National Director for Public Health at the Ministry of Health (MoH), Pedro Canisio said from January to May 2019, health professionals have detected 58 new positi

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The number of children with stunted growth in East Tanjung Jabung regency, Jambi, has reached a concerning level as at least 10 out of the regency's 93 subdistrict

Paulina Quintao – The National Commission for Combating HIV/AIDS in Timor-Leste (KNKS-TL) is standing by its decision to not socialize about condom use to the public as a prevention me

Jakarta (Antara) – Minister of Health Nila Moeloek barred teachers from cigarette smoking in schools, fearing that the act might be followed by students.

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia's antidrug agency has come out against vaping, noting that the popular replacement for arguably more harmful conventional cigarettes was pr

Throughout his campaign for re-election, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo emphasised improvements in children's health and education as a way to boost human development.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has applauded Indonesia for its move to block online cigarette advertising, as an attempt to protect yo

Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has handed a case pertaining to the illegal dumping of hazardous medical waste in Karawang regency, West Java, by provi

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) Cchairman Tulus Abadi said that internet cigarette advertisements that encourage people to smoke 'deserve' to be banned to

Jakarta – The Communications and Information Ministry has banned cigarette advertisements on the internet following a request from the Health Ministry.

Adi Ahdiat, Jakarta – In the lead up to the 2019 Idul Fitri holidays at the end of the fasting month, the Jakarta provincial government destroyed around 18,000 bottles of illegal alcoh

"My husband never told me the truth, that he was HIV positive.

Jakarta – The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has revealed that 83.94 percent of the population, or 221 million people, are registered under the National Health

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The recent decision of the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) to suspend collaboration with hundreds of hospitals that have not rene