Badung, Bali, June 17 -- The Ministry of Health has established cooperation with the governors of all provinces in Papua to achieve the target of eliminating malaria by 2030.

"We agreed on two agreements here, namely, first, cooperation with all governors in Papua for the target of eliminating malaria in Papua by 2030," Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin informed.

Second, the ministry has forged cooperation with the neighboring country of Papua New Guinea in anti-dengue efforts, the minister said at the 9th Asia Pacific Leaders' Summit on Malaria Elimination in Badung, Bali, on Tuesday.

Sadikin emphasized the importance of reducing the number of malaria cases in Papua, considering the province accounts for 90 percent of cases detected...