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www.bpjs-kesehatan.go.id. Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan (BPJS Kesehatan, lit. 'Social Security Agency on Health') is a social security agency of Indonesia aimed at providing universal health care to its citizens. [1] BPJS Kesehatan is one of two social security agencies in the country alongside BPJS Ketenagakerjaan [id].
Pneumococcal vaccines Accelerated Development and Introduction Plan (PneumoADIP) is a program to accelerate the evaluation and access to new pneumococcal vaccines in the developing world. PneumoADIP is funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). Thirty GAVI countries have expressed interest in participating by 2010.
Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, they help prevent sickness from an infectious disease.
The original Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften (BPjS, Federal Department for Works Harmful to Young Persons) was established on 18 May 1954, after the Gesetz über die Verbreitung jugendgefährdender Schriften was adopted on 9 June 1953. The presiding officers of the BPjS have been: 1954–1966: Robert Schilling
A DNA vaccine is a type of vaccine that transfects a specific antigen -coding DNA sequence into the cells of an organism as a mechanism to induce an immune response. [1][2] DNA vaccines work by injecting genetically engineered plasmid containing the DNA sequence encoding the antigen (s) against which an immune response is sought, so the cells ...
This 1963 poster featured CDC's national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine.. Interruption of person-to-person transmission of the virus by vaccination is important in global polio eradication, [14] since no long-term carrier state exists for poliovirus in individuals with normal immune function, polio viruses have no non-primate ...
Interactive patient care. Interactive patient care (IPC) refers to an approach in health care that places the emphasis on providing entertainment and educational resources to the patient bedside via the in-room TV. However, momentum is growing for IPC to include more patient-facing interfaces such as mobile, Smart TV, and social applications as ...
Cervarix is a vaccine against certain types of cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV). Cervarix is designed to prevent infection from HPV types 16 and 18, that cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases. [6] These types also cause most HPV-induced genital and head and neck cancers. Additionally, some cross-reactive protection against virus ...