Jakarta – The National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) held the 2nd Health Research and Development Symposium in the Asia Pacific Region on November 18-20, 2014 at The Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia. The symposium theme, focused on the new scheme of national health insurance, is “Health Innovation and Health System Strengthening
Read moreBANDUNG – The INA-RESPOND Network Steering Committee (NSC) meeting was successfully held on October 22 – 23, 2014 in Bandung. Except for a couple of SC members who could not make it, all SC members gathered at Gedung Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Padjajaran, Bandung to discuss important issues related to the network’s studies and the future
Read moreBANGKOK – Citing a need to respond to important infectious disease threats in South East Asia, public health officials from Thailand, Viet Nam and Indonesia agreed today to actively collaborate on a new study on sepsis, an major cause of death due to infectious diseases in the region. The extent of sepsis in South East
Read moreIndonesia’s new minister of health says her country would like to renew its commitment to collaborate with the U.S. on biomedical research. During her first visit to NIH since her appointment, Dr. Endang R. Sedyaningsih expressed optimism about the potential for joint progress. “We’re very excited at the prospect of working with the National Institutes of
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