Sumedang, West Java, June 26 -- During round two of the Regional Leaders' Retreat, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin urged regional heads to focus on implementing the health programs launched by the central government.

"Health issues are included in the Asta Cita initiated by President Prabowo Subianto, so they need to be the focus of the regional governments," he said in Jatinangor, West Java, on Thursday.

Therefore, health programs, such as Free Health Checks (CKG), tuberculosis eradication, and quality improvement of regional general hospitals (RSUDs), must be supported by regional governments, he added.

He informed that the CKG program has reached 10 million beneficiaries, or is covering 200 thousand people per day.

Under the pr...