Across Southeast Asia, rising costs and funding struggles are threatening the very foundations of public health systems.
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Budi*, 52, was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) at a public primary care clinic in Jakarta, Indonesia, four years ago. He began treatment but did not complete it, so his symptoms returned.
The decentralization of Indonesia’s primary health care system has resulted in uneven access and inconsistent quality of care for a population that is spread across nearly 6,000 inhabited islands.
Kuswoyo, a 48-year-old father of two, worked at an asbestos factory in Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia, for 28 years. Each day, he would mix sacks of raw asbestos and polymers with his bare hands to create asbestos insulation thread.
A new chapter for wellness travel and tourism is on the horizon in Bali.
One of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes erupted yesterday, spewing thick columns of ash at least three times and blanketing villages with debris, but no casualties were reported.
Just hours after being inaugurated as Indonesia’s eighth President, Mr Prabowo Subianto unveiled his Cabinet, a hefty 48-member group of men and women who will help him make decisions to lead the country.
Indonesia has made substantial progress in strengthening its medical supply chain and logistics with the introduction of SATUSEHAT Logistics, a key component of the broader national health data ecosystem, SATUSEHAT platform. SATUSEHAT Logistics integrates an end-to-end process of supply chain for pharmaceuticals and medical devices, from production, procurement to distribution at the provincial level to healthcare facilities.
When Ahmadi, a local storyteller on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, sings a lullaby to his one-year-old grandson, the song is not one about fairies and angels but rather about the precautions to take in a potential tsunami.
President-elect Prabowo Subianto aims for Indonesia to achieve food self-sufficiency within four years of taking office.
Indonesia has an annual surplus of 200,000 tons of eggs and 600,000 tons of chicken meat, which will be utilized to support the government’s free nutritious meal program for students, according to the National Nutrition Agency.
As artificial intelligence (AI) advances in the healthcare world, robust health data governance becomes increasingly crucial. High-quality, well-managed data will help train AI models to analyze datasets, capture patterns, and make predictions, ultimately generating reliable and relevant clinical information.
Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto is set to introduce a free medical check-up programme, targeting 55 million Indonesians starting from 2025.
In a groundbreaking initiative to address pressing public health issues, Monash University, Indonesia, in collaboration with Sinar Mas Land and Digital Hub BSD City, recently hosted an innovative public health competition. This event aimed to cultivate critical thinking and creativity among participants, challenging them to analyse existing public health problems and propose potential solutions.
Kerja sama bilateral yang kuat menjadi dasar penting bagi perawat Indonesia untuk bersaing di pasar global, termasuk di Australia, yang tengah menghadapi peningkatan kebutuhan tenaga keperawatan berkualitas.
Rise in obesity and associated metabolic disorders has fuelled a surge in non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer, which are responsible for nearly two-thirds of all deaths in the region, the WHO said.
