Category: Health

Today’s lifestyle makes many skip breakfast: Health Ministry

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Health stated that today’s busy lifestyle, with a battery of demands, has made several people skip breakfast, thereby resulting in an increase in the number of anemia sufferers from time to time.The ministry’…

BPJS Kesehatan covering COVID treatment as of Sep 1

Jakarta (ANTARA) – National health insurer BPJS Kesehatan has started covering COVID-19 treatment for the participants of the National Health Insurance (JKN) program starting September 1, 2023.”As of September 1, 2023, treatment services for COVID-19…

Health Ministry studies dengue vaccination

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Health is studying the provision of the dengue vaccine, known as the Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine (TDV), as a national vaccination program.The ministry’s Director of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Imran …

Indonesia proposes using COVID-19 funds to fight future pandemics

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government is taking the initiative to expand the use of existing funds for COVID-19 in ASEAN countries to prepare for future pandemics, Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Thursday.”Previously, the…