Jakarta, Feb. 20 -- Ministry of Health, in commemoration of International Childhood Cancer Day, on Thursday, launched the National Action Plan for Childhood Cancer (RANKA) 2025-2029 to handle and control the disease.

"This action plan is part of the government's commitment to fighting childhood cancer, which requires serious attention as a national priority," Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said at the launch event.

The action plan is part of the National Cancer Plan 2024-2034, he added.

The minister said that cancer is the third leading cause of death in Indonesia and is considered a catastrophic non-communicable disease. In addition to being life-threatening, cancer treatment also involves high medical costs and is a long process...