This year's World Malaria Day program in Jakarta is scheduled to be officially opened by the health minister. April 25 is a day when nations across the globe work to increase awareness of Malaria and to improve efforts to eradicate the disease. Indonesia had been an active participate in World Malaria Day since 2008, working with other countries in an effort to reach zero malaria deaths by 2015.

Indonesia’s main World Malaria Day program takes place at Balai Kartini in South Jakarta, on Monday, with a seminar discussing Malaria and its treatment. The discussion will cover clinical symptoms of the disease; anti-malarial drugs, its resistance to medicines and cases among children, adults and pregnant women. The seminar commenced at 9 a.m., with Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih scheduled to officially launch the event later on Monday.