Jakarta, June 10 -- President Prabowo Subianto is pushing for the acceleration of Indonesia's healthcare transformation by expanding the Free Health Screening (CKG) programme, strengthening tuberculosis (TB) control efforts, and improving healthcare services nationwide.

The policy was decided by Subianto after receiving a report from Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin regarding the progress of quick win programmes and several flagship healthcare initiatives during a meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday (June 9).

"Rather than stopping at early detection, the CKG programme which was started this year prioritises treatment and recovery efforts," Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said in a written statement quoted here on...