Every country wants to lower their stunting rate. It is a way of achieving the second sustainable development goal of creating a world free of hunger by 2030. It is also a way to achieve food security.
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State-owned construction firm PTPP recently offered 1,000 affordable staple food packages to the people living in Bukit Raya village, near Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara.
At least 316 people have succumbed to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Indonesia as of February this year, the Deputy Health Minister said.
A new health law has been introduced in Indonesia, a country with a population of 278-million and multiple burdens of health—backlog of infectious diseases, malnutrition, and maternal mortality, rapidly increasing non-communicable diseases, and globalization-related emerging diseases.
Indonesia’s health care landscape expanded dramatically in February 2024 with the inauguration of 26 military hospitals to serve armed forces personnel and their families as well as local communities.
A simple phrase changed Andrea McDowell’s life during a surfing trip to Lombok in Indonesia.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented challenge on the social, economic and political spheres of the country. While the lives of many communities have been impacted severely, UNDP Indonesia is committed to cushion the impact.
On 29 February 2024 the World Health Organization (WHO), Indonesian Ministry of Health and key partners such as the Asia-Europe Foundation concluded a series of workshops aimed at developing the world’s first human health sector-specific national action plan to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) based on the WHO people-centred approach.
March 4 was World Obesity Day. Indonesia is facing a disparity in obesity rates among adults.
Dietary supplements sales on the re-opened TikTok shop in Indonesia are struggling to get back to previous heights, despite other categories such as FMCG and beauty products soaring.
WHO’s standard causality assessment tools help officials monitor, assess, and advise on adverse events following immunization (AEFIs). Understanding these tools is important to ultimately contribute to confidence in vaccines and retention of immunization coverage.
A robust surveillance system is the linchpin of health emergency preparedness, as it allows us to swiftly detect and obtain valuable information for informed decision-making.
Indonesian healthtech platform Alodokter has raised US$5.2 million, the company confirmed to Tech in Asia. This adds to a US$6 million injection from Optima Health last year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Union (EU) today announced the successful culmination of an initiative to support Indonesia’s emergency COVID-19 response, with a focus on building health system resilience and increasing access to essential health services, for a healthier, more health-secure tomorrow.
Health Ministry data published on Sunday reveals that at least 57 officials and volunteers hired to organize the February 14 general elections have died, primarily due to poor health conditions.
Cities in the global north that curb their carbon emissions are doing more to address colonial injustices than those who focus their efforts on taking down statues and changing street names, one of Europe’s leading historians has said.
