State-owned Healthcare Insurance Covers 83.94 Percent of Indonesians May 16th, 2019 The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has revealed that 83.94 percent of the population, or 221 million people, are registered under the National Health Insurance and Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) program. The state-owned agency's customer service and expansion director, Andayani Budi Lestari, explained that about 32 million…
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‘Our lives are at stake’: People with HIV/AIDS Face Drugs Scarcity
'Our lives are at stake': People with HIV/AIDS face drugs scarcity January 23, 2019 Indonesia Positive Women Association (IPPI) national coordinator Baby Rivola’s cell phone has been buzzing day and night over the past two weeks. Women, mostly mothers with human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) from across the archipelago, have…
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Indonesian Pharma Sector Gets a Boost as New DGF Cold Storage Facility Opens
Indonesian Pharma Sector Gets a Boost as New DGF Cold Storage Facility Opens August 17th, 2018 DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) is boosting Indonesia’s booming pharmaceutical industry with a new bonded cold storage facility in Jakarta. Located in the cargo area of the city’s international airport, it will provide pharma shippers with a 2-8°C storage environment and in-house…
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Government to Issue Regulation on Online Pharmacies
Government to Issue Regulation on Online Pharmacies May 1st, 2018 The Health Ministry is drafting a regulation on online pharmacies in a bid to contain sales of unlicensed medicines. Under the draft regulation, only licensed offline pharmacies, drug wholesalers (PBF) and drugstores would be allowed to establish e-pharmacy businesses, said the Food and Drug Monitoring…
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