Jakarta, March 12 -- The government's Free Health Screening (CKG) program enables people to get tested for symptoms of kidney disease at primary healthcare facilities and community health centers ( puskesmas ).

Director of Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control at the Health Ministry Siti Nadia Tarmizi said the screening can be carried out at puskesmas so that intervention measures can be taken quickly if symptoms of kidney disease are detected.

Speaking at a press conference on World Kidney Day 2025 in Jakarta on Wednesday, Tarmizi said that those tests are prioritized for groups with certain risk factors.

Kidney health screenings under the CKG program, which officially started in February 2025, involve urea and creatinine te...