Indonesia, Oct. 3 -- The Ministry of Health is strengthening healthcare services across Indonesia, including in the Papua Highlands region, to improve the quality of public health services.

The ministry's Director of Referral Healthcare Facilities, Ghotama Airlangga, emphasized in a statement on Saturday that healthcare services should be distributed evenly across Indonesia.

"The Ministry of Health's future program is to provide equitable healthcare throughout the country, especially in the Papua Highlands region and other parts of Papua," Airlangga said.

According to him, the ministry is facilitating partnerships between all regional general hospitals in the Papua Highlands and major hospitals across Indonesia to provide treatment for...