Free Meals Under Pressure: Indonesia’s flagship Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program is being scaled back as budget cuts and public backlash follow corruption scandals and food poisoning, while the new National Nutrition Agency (BGN) chief pushes tighter oversight, nutrition education modules, and possible kitchen closures for non-compliance. Health Tourism Push: Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry is drafting a cross-sector strategy to grow health tourism, mapping pilot hospitals in Greater Jakarta and Bali and aiming to expand beyond curative care into wellness. Dengue Prevention Reminder: With dengue and chikungunya risks rising alongside hot, rainy weather, public health officials urge mosquito bite and breeding prevention. Nutrition Supply Deal: A Belarus–Indonesia milk powder deal is set to feed part of the MBG program, showing how international partnerships are being used to stabilize nutrition inputs. Fishing Workers Protections: Indonesia ratified ILO Work in Fishing Convention (ILO 188), aiming for safer conditions, fairer pay, and better access to health care for fishing crews. Biopharma JV: Tempo Scan Pacific and China’s Chia Tai Tianqing launched a biopharmaceutical venture to reduce reliance on imported medicines for major diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Seafood & Trade Compliance: The U.S. imposed new forced-labor tariffs on 60 trading partners, a move that could ripple through supply chains tied to health-related imports and exports.