Jakarta, May 15 -- The Ministry of Health recorded that 5.3 million Indonesians have benefited from free health screenings so far, with an average of 187,000 people tested daily.

During a meeting with Commission IX of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) here on Wednesday (May 14), Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin noted that the number of participants had increased by four million within a month.

However, he acknowledged ongoing challenges, such as low coverage of free health screenings in densely populated regions.

"West Java is the province with the most (population), but it ranks third (in terms of program coverage), behind Central Java and East Java. Hence, this is indeed the main challenge that requires strong leadersh...