Wamena, Jubi – Jayawijaya AIDS Commission (KPA Jayawijaya) Margaretha Wetipo in a press conference on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, said the number of HIV/AIDS patients in Jayawijaya Regency
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M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Indonesian Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) claimed 252.17 million people, or 90.79 percent of the total population, are covered by
March 13, 2023
Amy Heppy, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency predicted that COVID-19 cases would increase in the next one to two weeks.
March 8, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Health Ministry is targeting to produce an additional 5,000 medical specialist graduates with the help of government and private scholarship programs in
March 6, 2023
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo this morning conducted an impromptu visit to Mayapada Hospital in Bandung, West Java, during which monitoring the medical f
Sentani, Jubi – As many as 11 children are still being treated at the Ilaga Regional General Hospital in Puncak Regency for measles.
Nabire, Jubi – A total of 15 children under five years old in Timeepa, North Mapia District, Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua, reportedly died of measles.
March 3, 2023
March 1, 2023
Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Indonesian language has words for children who have lost their mothers or fathers, but none for parents who lose their children.
The government's health and mobility tracking app PeduliLindungi – a pandemic staple – has transformed into Satu Sehat (meaning "one health"), but all is not well with the app's relaunc
February 28, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has announced that PeduliLindungi will undergo a complete change and transform into an integrated health service called Satu Sehat Mobile.
February 27, 2023
Jakarta – The government has called on health officials across the country to increase vigilance over a potential bird flu outbreak amid concerns that the swift mutation of the H5N1 vir
February 10, 2023
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Thursday asserted that the second booster vaccination for adults is still free of charge nationwide.
February 9, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – The Damal Student Association in Beoga District, Puncak Regency, Central Papua Province, has asked the local government to pay attention to the needs of the community r
February 8, 2023
Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) Legislative Body (Baleg) has agreed that the Draft Omnibus Law on Healthcare be taken to a plenary meeting to be approved as
Antara, Jakarta – Cases of diabetes in children aged 0-14 years increased seventy-fold in 2023 compared to the case number in 2010, the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) report
February 7, 2023
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The government still has no plans to impose an excise tax on sweetened beverages in the foreseeable future, despite concerns that sugary drinks can lead to diabete
Anwar Siswadi, Jakarta – In 2022, West Java recorded 36,608 people cases of dengue fever with 305 casualties.
February 1, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia is rolling out Human Papillomavirus or HPV vaccines to be administered to all children aged 11 to 12.
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government on Wednesday said the 2023 healthcare budget would put a greater emphasis on non-Covid issues such as stunting, a chronic malnutrition probl
January 31, 2023
Merauke, Jubi – Since the tidal flood hit residential and agricultural land in the Waan District, Merauke Regency, South Papua Province in mid-January 2023, vomiting and diarrhea in chi
Hreeloita Dharma S, Resinta S, Jakarta – Indonesia ranked third in the world in the number of cases of leprosy in 2021, according to the Health Ministry.
January 30, 2023
Wamena, Jubi – Based on the Papua Provincial Health Office data as of September 30, 2022, in the third quarter of 2022, HIV/AIDS cases were 9,189 cases in Nabire, followed by Jayapura C
Jakarta – Indonesian police said on Monday a local trader of industrial-grade chemicals sold them as pharmaceutical-grade, leading to their use in medicated syrups that authorities susp
January 27, 2023
Jakarta – With the national COVID-19 situation continuing to improve, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said he will consult the with the World Health Organization about the possi
January 26, 2023
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin on Thursday said the Health Ministry is constantly conducting contact tracing of a Polish national who has been declared I
Malini, Imaji Lasahido (Intern), Jakarta – The Ministry of Health has determined 12 provinces that need to be focused on accelerating the reduction of stunting in Indonesia.
Chandra Asmara – Indonesia has reduced its stunted growth prevalence to the lowest in over two decades, boosting President Joko Widodo's chances of hitting the 14% national target by th
Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Indonesia saw 32 times more measles cases in 2022 than the year before, amid a slump in routine pediatric immunizations blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 25, 2023
Antara, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has claimed that the COVID-19 mobile contact tracing app PeduliLindungi has helped prevent more than 626,000 positive patients or c
M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo highlighted a story about a mother giving her seven-month-old baby instant milk coffee in Gowa, South Sulawesi, which has r
January 20, 2023
Uji Sukma Medianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Health on Thursday declared measles an extraordinary occurrence status (KLB) based on the number of cases across 31 Indonesian p
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia saw a surge in measles cases in 2022, as the number of new infections rose by a whopping thirty-twofold last year compared to 2021 levels.
January 18, 2023
Beritasatu, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police and the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Customs Office recently uncovered a home industry for meth-laced e-liquid in West Jakarta – sparking
January 17, 2023
Families of children who died because of tainted cough syrup demanded restitution as the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday started hearing their class-action lawsuit against gov
Herman, Jakarta – The government is receiving calls left and right to get tough on electronic cigarettes, also known as vapes, which many find are equally harmful as regular cigs.
January 10, 2023
Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Polri Bareskrim) has named three new suspects in the case of acute kidney injury among children, the
January 9, 2023
We have a new entry in the vault of Unscientific Ramblings by an Indonesian Health Minister, and it's a doozy.
January 6, 2023
Amy Heppy, Jakarta – The Jakarta Transportation Agency urged the public to remain wearing masks while riding public transportation. The notion is regulated in Circular Letter No.
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government is planning to upgrade the Covid-19 tracing app PeduliLindungi into a more comprehensive citizen health app that also stores the patient's m
January 5, 2023
Heru Andriyanto & Chairul Fikri, Jakarta – Indonesia gets around 12,000 medical school graduates every year but few will have advanced medical training in a specific area while ther
January 4, 2023
Jayapura, Jubi – Head of the HIV/AIDS Section of the Papua Health Office Rindang Pribadi Marahaba said that until the end of September 2022, there were 7,941 HIV/AIDS patients in Papua
January 2, 2023
Desca Lidya N, Resinta S, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the PeduliLindungi application will be used as an individual health data bank and to see the populati
Jakarta – The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer deemed a major health crisis as on Dec.
News Desk, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday visited Tanah Abang Market in Central Jakarta, meeting with traders and customers in the country's biggest textile trading
December 31, 2022
Zubi Mahrofi, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The number of recipients of the third dose or first booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine reached 68.51 million as of Friday, according to the COVID-19
December 30, 2022
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo formally annulled the Covid-19 restrictions on Friday, nearly three years after they were imposed in the wake of the pandemic in 2020.
Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, saying that most of the country's population a
December 29, 2022
BTV, Jakarta – The government signaled on Wednesday that the Covid-19 pandemic is on course to become endemic, in which the disease remains frequent but is limited to certain areas.
December 27, 2022
News Desk, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said he is optimistic that Indonesia's COVID-19 situation is under control and that it is unlikely to see a surge in infections,