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UNDP SMILE and the Ministry of Health (MoH) teams recently visited Tana Toraja, Gianyar, Manggarai, TTU, Bima, and Lampung to conduct a feasibility study on improving supply chain management of Medicine and Health Supplies. The results of this study will sharpen the analysis on improving the SMILE app’s new feature related to medicine and health […]

Yogyakarta – Can you imagine how complex it is to manage tons of infectious medical waste safely? The long distance from the hospital to the final medical waste treatment site can increase the risk of illegal dumping, cross-contamination, and disease transmission due to a chance of accidents or human errors during transport time. Indonesia needs sustainable […]

Bali – The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated Indonesia’s transition towards digital health care and more opportunities in digitalization abound, according to panelists of a discussion hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Indonesia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) at the 7th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2022. The discussion took place at Indonesia […]

Tanjung Pinang – The Indonesian Government has selected SMILE, a digital vaccine and cold chain monitoring app developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Health, to bolster the national campaign for childhood vaccinations, following the app’s critical role in strengthening the COVID-19 vaccination drives. More than 400 million doses of COVID-19 […]

Magdalena Pelamonia, or Maya, is an immunization coordinator at Kilang Community Health Center, for 15 years. Maya’s daily work includes vaccinating children under 5 years of age, in five districts. During the pandemic, she was assigned to oversee the COVID-19 vaccination drive. The health workers at Kilang face geographical challenges including winding roads, harsh terrain, […]