Despite significant strides in recent decades, Indonesia continues to face one of Southeast Asia’s higher maternal mortality rates. A recent study published by Syaraji and colleagues (2024) found that for every 100,000 live births, approximately 249 women die from pregnancy-related causes.
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Drug use is so widespread in Indonesia’s trucking industry that it is specifically monitored by the National Narcotics Agency (Badan Narkotika Nasional/BNN), which reports that 10% of all employees in the transportation and warehousing sector used drugs in the past year.
Fakultas Ilmu Keperawatan Universitas Indonesia (FIK UI) bersama Monash University menginisiasi riset kolaborasi antarnegara guna menggali pemahaman yang lebih dalam mengenai dampak perubahan iklim terhadap kesehatan masyarakat serta warga di wilayah terdampak.
A new avian influenza collaboration between CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and Indonesia has gained international recognition in Paris overnight, with endorsement from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally approved Indonesia’s transition from the Southeast Asia Regional Office (SEARO) to the Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO), a move unanimously endorsed by member states during the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) recently held in Geneva.
From making moves that would allow general practitioners to perform risky birth surgery, to controversial statements saying men with larger jeans sizes will “meet God sooner”, Indonesia’s health minister has come under heavy public criticism lately.
Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has planned to conduct free health checks (CKG) for students in 200 thousand schools starting in July to accelerate the target of serving up to 300 thousand people per day.
A meeting in Jakarta between President Prabowo Subianto and Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on 7 May 2025 has sparked huge controversy, mainly on social media. Conspiracy theories abound that Gates is only seeking to profit from the vaccine production, with the Indonesian people being used as guinea pigs.
Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency is developing an artificial intelligence-powered system to help diagnose malaria under the country’s efforts to eliminate the disease by 2030.
Bill Gates was in Indonesia to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives with the leader of the world’s fourth most populous country.
One of Indonesia’s largest nickel-mining companies, which supplies a mineral critical to the global electric car industry, did not tell the public that local drinking water was polluted, according to documents seen by the Guardian.
A conversation about Indonesia’s experience expanding routine immunization coverage and prioritizing attention to non-communicable diseases, as well as how public-private sector collaboration can help ensure sustainable access to health services, including primary health care.
The results of an assessment of infection prevention and control (IPC) in Indonesian hospitals from 18 November to 11 December 2024 confirm significant progress in strengthening patient safety and quality of care.
Around a quarter of the Indonesian population are adolescents and young adults (AYA), the future leaders of upcoming decades. Investing in AYA current health is important to secure their future health and ability to lead the development of Indonesia.
Single mother, Evi Herawati, from Saruni village in Pandeglang, Indonesia had already suffered unimaginable loss when she discovered her youngest child, Syera, had contracted dengue fever last February.
Indonesia faces challenges in achieving its goal of eliminating malaria by 2030, with cases stagnating between 2015 and 2019. This study analysed regional epidemiological trends and demographic changes in malaria cases from 2010 to 2019, considering differences in surveillance across the country.
