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1 week ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Raka Adji
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has prepared polio vaccines for Hajj pilgrims and officers, following Saudi Arabia's policy of mandating polio vaccination for travelers from Indonesia starting in March 2025. In a statement received here on Thursday, Head of the Hajj Health Center of the Ministry of Health Liliek Marhaendro Susilo explained that the polio vaccination requirement follows the meningococcal vaccination mandate imposed earlier.
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1 week ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Resinta Sulistiyandari
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry has requested the Indonesian Health Council (KKI) to revoke the registration certificate (STR) of an obstetrician in Garut, West Java, who is accused of harassing his patient. Aji Muhawarman, the ministry's head of communication and public service bureau, noted in a statement on Wednesday that if the investigation found violations of ethics and professional discipline, KKI would temporarily revoke the STR of the doctor concerned.
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1 week ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Raka Adji
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Health is seeking to broaden access to health services through village clinics and pharmacies as well as integrate them into Red and White Village Cooperatives. This was conveyed by Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin during the dissemination of information on Presidential Instruction Number 9 of 2025 here on Monday. He said that village clinics and pharmacies play a role in implementing government programs in the field of public health services.
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1 week ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Resinta Sulistiyandari |Arie Novarina
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Health ensured the temporary suspension of the Anesthesiology Specialist Doctor Education Program (PPDS) of Padjajaran University (Unpad) at Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) Bandung did not disrupt specialist health service at the hospital. According to the ministry, the suspension was part of an effort to evaluate the education system.
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2 weeks ago | 
jatim.antaranews.com | Vicki Febrianto |Mecca Yumna |Resinta Sulistiyandari
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Ministry of Health will start administering hexavalent immunization—pentavalent plus inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)—from the third quarter of 2025. The vaccine combines six antigens in one immunization. "We will start this in three provinces first, Yogyakarta, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), followed by national implementation in 2026," the ministry's director of immunization, Prima Yosephine, informed during a webinar on Friday.
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2 weeks ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Resinta Sulistiyandari
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Health addressed the sexual harassment case at Hasan Sadikin Hospital (RSHS) Bandung, allegedly involving a doctor enrolled in the Specialist Doctor Education Program (PPDS) at Padjajaran University and targeting a patient's attendant. "We have imposed strict sanctions in the form of prohibiting the student from continuing his lifelong residency at RSHS, and we have returned him to the university.
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4 weeks ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Raka Adji
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Manpower Minister Yassierli has said that his ministry has responded to 60 percent or 1,258 out of the 1,604 complaints and consultation requests received by the Eid al-Fitr allowance help desk. He added that there are still 127 complaints that have not been responded to. "We are currently looking into the details," he said after reviewing Eid al-Fitr homecoming arrangements at Pasar Senen Station here on Friday.
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4 weeks ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Resinta Sulistiyandari
Jakarta (ANTARA) - State-owned railway company PT KAI reported that passenger occupancy at Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta, on Friday, or D-3 of Eid, reached 108 percent, with a total of 22,323 passengers recorded at 8:00 a.m. local time. "Pasar Senen Station has the highest passenger occupancy with 22,323, followed by Gambir Station with 17,201 passengers.
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4 weeks ago | 
en.antaranews.com | Mecca Yumna |Resinta Sulistiyandari
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Tuberculosis has existed since ancient times, yet it remains one of the leading causes of death in the modern era. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that in 2023, some 1.25 million people died from TB, and 161 thousand of them were people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV). TB poses the greatest threat to PLHIV and is also the leading cause of death related to antimicrobial resistance.
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1 month ago | 
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Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) and Agriculture Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost the supervision of drugs and food to enhance the safety, quality, nutrition, and competitiveness of agricultural products. In the statement received here on Wednesday, BPOM Head Taruna Ikrar explained that the agricultural products cover all products originating from food crops, horticulture, plantations, and livestock, both fresh and processed.
