The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $350 million loan to support the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MoH) in implementing a nationwide primary care transformation that will increase access to quality, gender, and climate-responsive primary care services.
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Indonesia says it is committed to curbing the annual haze-related issues, including setting up a coordinating centre to streamline resources.
In light of reaching the collective goal of “Indonesia Emas 2045”, the government is collaborating with the private sector to further develop Indonesia’s education system.
The first consignment of Indonesian humanitarian assistance for Gaza left Jakarta on Saturday, consisting of medical equipment and water purifiers.
Indonesia’s decentralized health information system at the subnational – district/city and provincial – pose several challenges.
At least 12 people have died and three others are critically ill after drinking home-made liquor in Indonesia’s West Java province, police say.
A hospital set up by Indonesians in the Gaza Strip has become one of the latest to run out of power, as aid workers scramble for fuel to continue saving lives amid the worsening humanitarian crisis there.
The small fishing village of Kurisa is home to the Bajau people, an indigenous group known for being brave sailors, formidable fishermen and reliable divers who live off the sea.
Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that is 100% vaccine-preventable, yet it continues to claim thousands of lives, with over 100 deaths in Indonesia in 2022 alone. Rabies is endemic in 26 provinces in Indonesia, with 74 cases of human rabies out of 66,170 bite cases from suspected rabid animals reported in the country from January to July 2023.
Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin mentioned that stunting would hinder Indonesia’s chance to become a developed country. According to the minister, Indonesia ought to harness the opportunity from the demographic bonus. These opportunities would be optimal if the children were healthy and bright.
The national health programme in Indonesia faces a formidable challenge on its path to establishing a comprehensive and effective health system: a disconnected recording and reporting system.
Bali has stepped up screenings of all tourists, particularly arrivals from India, to stave off a potential outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus amid a jump in visitors from the South Asian nation.
Indonesia’s Deputy Environment and Forestry Minister Alue Dohong is facing health issues after helping to fight forest and land fires in Kalimantan. Alue, 57, was on the ground in the fire-affected areas from last Friday until Tuesday, assisting with the extinguishing of fires in the Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan regions.
Efforts to extinguish forest and land fires engulfing parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan over the past week have yielded scanty results, with the air quality deteriorating to levels unsafe for activities such as schooling and travel and local officials noting an uptick in respiratory ailments.
In 2009, the Indonesian government enforced mandatory health spending to establish equitable health systems and enhance social security. The Law on Health (Law No. 36/2009) required governments to allocate at least 5 per cent of the national budget and 10 per cent of the local government budget to the health sector.
Indonesia, a country of 270 million people, only has 2,800 clinical psychologists and 1,200 psychiatrists, with most residing in big cities in its most populous island, Java.
