inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that starting in 2026, the Ministry of Health will integrate the Free Health Check (CKG) program with school-age immunizations.
Budi explained that in 2025, there was a decline in immunization coverage among school-age children because the immunization and CKG programs were implemented separately, creating challenges in resource utilization.
“Why would that happen? Because last year we were also running the CKG program, which resulted in a clash in our human resource and the activity schedule. The clash occurred as the two programs are separated, this makes us unable to utilize our resources optimally,” says Budi on Tuesday (6/23/2026).
According to him, the merger of the two programs was carried out to avoid discrepancies in implementation times and the use of health workers when providing health services in schools, especially at the start of the new school year.
In addition to program integration, the Ministry of Health will also implement School Children's Immunization Month (BIAS) in November 2026, focusing on increasing diphtheria and tetanus immunization coverage.
He hopes this integration will strengthen public education about the importance of routine immunizations and their implementation schedule.
On the same occasion, he explained that the government will utilize four national opportunities to increase immunization coverage.
First was on World Immunization Week in April 2026, 130,000 children and 17,000 adults received immunization services.
Then, in July, on National Children's Day, the Ministry of Health is targeting additional immunizations for 240,000 children and 80,000 adults.
"We will also continue this immunization progress to Indonesia's Independence Day, and National Health Day in November," he explained.
The Minister of Health also stated that the national immunization program now covers 14 antigens, including three newly added vaccines: PCV (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine), HPV (Human Papillomavirus), and rotavirus, as part of efforts to expand public health protection, especially for children.
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