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

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

Amy Heppy, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency predicted that COVID-19 cases would increase in the next one to two weeks.

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

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.

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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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

We have a new entry in the vault of Unscientific Ramblings by an Indonesian Health Minister, and it's a doozy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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,