Under new regulation, healthcare facilities of hospitals, local governments or communities are required to allocate certain amount of budget to carry out medical device maintenance.
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Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto wants to give school children free meals, but the plan and his pledge to be ‘daring’ on spending have the country’s debt and currency markets on edge.
The plan of the Minister of Health (Menkes) to bring in foreign doctors has invited a polemic. This issue got hotter after news emerged that the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga (Unair) was dismissed from his position in connection with this.
Addition to Manado Adventist Hospital focuses on improving services for patients.
On 6–7 June 2024 the World Health Organization (WHO) and national and international partners conducted a stakeholder meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia on strengthening preparedness and resilience for emerging health threats (PRET), with a focus on emerging infectious diseases (EIDs).
Indonesia’s Health Ministry recorded a comprehensive commitment of 931.7 million USD in foreign direct grants between 2021 and 2025 to improve its national health funding, medical device procurement, and services.
Indonesia plans to run clinical trials of several vaccines to fight surging cases of tuberculosis (TB) this year, with concerns the disease might affect economic growth, ministers said on Monday.
Jakarta’s air quality has deteriorated to unhealthy levels, ranking as the second worst in the world. Residents are advised to wear masks when outdoors.
A Japan-based hospital group plans to bring in more health care workers through a recruitment blitz in Indonesia, Nikkei has learned.
Research: switching salt could prevent thousands of deaths from heart attack and stroke in Indonesia
A study, published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, estimated the likely benefits of a simple switch from regular salt to low-sodium potassium-enriched salt substitute alternatives.
The Southeast Asian nation plans to conduct a vaccine trial in July involving 2,500 people.
Indonesian scientists are breeding bacteria-infected mosquitoes that are incapable of transmitting dengue fever.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo inaugurated a dam on Tuesday that will supply potable water to the future national capital, Nusantara, in East Kalimantan.
The World Health Organization says about 70% of Indonesian males ages 15 and up smoke tobacco, one of the highest rates in the world for men. About 2% of Indonesian females ages 15 and up smoke.
Indonesia faces a significant challenge in addressing drug-related crimes. From May 14-15, The Asia Foundation co-hosted the first International Conference on Drugs Research and Policy with support from the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Justice 2 (AIPJ2) and in collaboration with the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) at Atma Jaya Catholic University.
Led by Commission IV Chairman Budhy Setiawan and Vice Chairman Budisatrio Djiwandono, a delegation from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) visited Stockholm, Sweden, from May 19-22 to lay the groundwork for Indonesia’s free lunch program.
