Jakarta, June 19 -- The Health Ministry highlighted the importance of pairing robust logistics with a resilient information technology system to prevent crises stemming from dengue fever, aiming to achieve the target of zero dengue fever deaths by 2030.

The ministry's director for communicable diseases, Ina Agustina Isturini, stated at the 2025 National Dengue Program Meeting hosted here on Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need for a reliable record system to ensure logistics are distributed effectively and efficiently to areas in need.

Hence, Isturini praised the management of the Electronic Health Logistics Inventory Monitoring System (SMILE) for expanding its program to include logistics for immunization and commu...