Jakarta, April 11 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Health will start administering hexavalent immunization-pentavalent plus inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)-from the third quarter of 2025.

The vaccine combines six antigens in one immunization.

"We will start this in three provinces first, Yogyakarta, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), followed by national implementation in 2026," the ministry's director of immunization, Prima Yosephine, informed during a webinar on Friday.

The pentavalent vaccine is intended to prevent diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib).

She explained that the addition of the antigen is part of the development of antigens that have been implemented in the national immun...