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Indonesia and Thailand ink health MoU focusing on global capacity and collaboration

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BioSpectrum Asia July 2025

In a series of official visits by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto to Thailand, bilateral cooperation between the two countries was strengthened through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the health sector.

Indonesia and Thailand ink health MoU focusing on global capacity and collaboration

The MoU document signed is a MoU between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Public Health of the Kingdom of Thailand on Health Cooperation. The signing was carried out by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of t

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