Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to provide free medical treatment for the poor if the state budget allows.

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has responded to reports of larvae or maggots found in the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program at two schools in Tuban Rege

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia will soon allow foreign hospitals to open branches and invest directly in the country, in a move aimed at improving healthcare quality and reducing the need

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Ministry has warned of a sharp rise in the number of smokers, including among children, as the country struggles to curb smok

Yohannes Tohap, Jakarta – More than 6 million Jakarta residents have been affected by acute respiratory infections linked to worsening air pollution in the capital, according to Environ

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Health policy observer and Director of the Postgraduate Program at YARSI University, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, welcomed the Indonesian government's decision to per

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Head of Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency, Dadan Hindayana, has proposed an additional budget of Rp118 trillion for next year's free nutritious m

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana outlined several challenges facing the implementation of the free nutritious meals program in east

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Yovanda Noni, Jakarta – The key to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is the government's commitment to protecting the entire population through health insurance, Ghufron Mukti,

Ken MP Setiawan, Melbourne, Australia – Indonesia faces a critical and multi-faceted health challenge: malnutrition.

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Governor Pramono Anung announced on Saturday that all entertainment venues in Jakarta will be required to provide designated smoking areas, as the city seeks

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) urges the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to revoke the co-payment rule for health insurance risk sharing

Jakarta – The conflict between Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin and doctors has yet to be resolved.

Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Commission XI of the House of Representatives (DPR) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) have officially agreed to postpone the implementation of Circular

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has reported a steady rise in the number of drug addicts in Indonesia.

Anselmus Bata, Denpasar – Indonesia officially launched its first medical tourism special economic zone (SEZ) in Sanur, Bali, on Wednesday.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has postponed the implementation of an excise tax on sugary packaged beverages (MBDK) to 2026, citing the need for further regulatory preparation and current

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – House Member on education commission, Ledia Hanifa Amaliah, found several schools facing challenges in managing waste from the free nutritious meal progr

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The government recently denied dishing out raw food instead of hot meals in Indonesia's colossal school-feeding program, as the country spent trillions of

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – The government is planning to implement DNA-based testing as the primary cervical cancer screening method for women between 30 and 69 years old as a meas

Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Indonesia's free health screening (CKG) program has revealed that dental problems are the most prevalent health issue among participants, surpassing chronic con

Anisa Fauziah, Jakarta – Indonesia continues to face significant challenges in its national malaria elimination efforts, with most of the country's cases still concentrated in Papua, ac

Mega Putri Mahadewi, Jakarta – Tuberculosis (TB) remains a pressing public health issue in Indonesia that requires urgent government attention.

Monique Handa Shafira, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) will require health insurance policyholders to bear at least 10 percent of medical claim costs starting January 1

Pribadi Wicaksono (Kontributor), Yogyakarta – The Special Region Government of Yogyakarta (DIY) has issued circular number 400.7.11/3884 in 2025 regarding alertness to the increase of C

Jakarta – Although Indonesia is making progress in the campaign to cut the prevalence of stunting among children, at the rate of almost one in five children, that is still too high for

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Head of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO) in the Indonesian State Palace, Hasan Nasbi, appealed to the public to apply health protocols followin

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has reported a decline in the national stunting rate among children, from 21.5 percent in 2023 to 19.8 percent last year, marking progress tow

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – Indonesia s Health Ministry has issued a public health advisory following a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in several Asian countries, urging citizens to remain v

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Secretary-General of the National Commission on Tobacco Control (YLKI) and the chair of the Empowered Consumer Forum Indonesia, Tulus Abadi, said that the ave

Antara, Jakarta – The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the Indonesian government to mandate standardized plain packaging for all cigarette products, featuring graphic health wa

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meal program could balloon to hundreds of trillions of rupiah and put significant pressure on the state budget,

Rizky Pradita Ananda, Jakarta – The Health Ministry has announced that natural-based medicines, including Indonesia's traditional Jamu, will become a strategic priority in the country's

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto government had already spent Rp 3 trillion, or approximately $184.8 million, to carry out the nationwide free meal program as of May 2

Yurike Metriani, Jakarta – Social Security Forum (Jamsos) of labor and worker unions want the government to reconsider the single-tier inpatient care system in the national health insur

Creative Desk, Jakarta – Labor and worker unions under the Forum for Social Security (Jamsos) have strongly opposed the government's plan to implement a single-tier inpatient care syste

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – An ongoing clinical trial for a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate in Indonesia has been met with rising public criticism, especially on social media, which expe

Jakarta – The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has expressed concern over its minimal role in overseeing the government's free meal initiative, which, despite running for only fou

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has voiced its support for the proposal to grant general practitioners the authority to perform cesarean sections or

Citra Lestari – Indonesia has around than 1 million TB cases annually and clinical trials of vaccine candidate M72/AS01E have been underway since last year.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Health Minister has defended his controversial comments calling men with a jeans size of 33 inches or more "definitely obese" and "more likely to meet God sooner."

The Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia has revealed several notes from its surveillance of the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), Dadan Hindayana, has disclosed the cause behind the mass poisoning of hundreds of students in Bogor who h

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Health Insurance program (JKN) is at risk of running a deficit of up to Rp 20 trillion ($1.2 billion), driven by the growing number of ina

Jakarta – The Health Ministry has dismissed concerns surrounding the safety of clinical trials of a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine whose development is funded by the Gates Foundation, chaire

Ichsan Ali, Jakarta – To implement the free nutritious meal program, the National Nutrition Agency requires 90,000 university graduates to be placed at 30,000 nutrition service units ac

An expert has called for stricter oversight in large-scale food distribution following a series of food poisoning cases linked to a school meal program in Indonesia.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that the phase 3 clinical trial of the tuberculosis (TB) vaccine developed by the Gates Foundation, owned by Bill

Han Revanda, Jakarta – Dadan Hindayana, Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), acknowledged that the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal program remains uneven.