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The Proceedings of the Mulawarman International Conference on Tropical Public Health (MICTOPH) is an open-access publication. All published articles are made freely and permanently available online to the public immediately upon publication, without subscription fees, registration requirements, paywalls, or other financial, legal, or technical barriers. Readers are permitted to access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of published articles, and to use them for any lawful purpose, subject to the applicable copyright and licensing terms stated for each article. The journal supports the broad and unrestricted dissemination of scholarly knowledge and is committed to promoting the widest possible access to scientific information in accordance with the principles of open access. Authors retain the rights specified under the journal’s applicable copyright and licensing policy, while users are encouraged to acknowledge and appropriately cite the original authors and source when reusing or referring to published works. By providing unrestricted access to peer-reviewed research, the Proceedings seeks to increase the visibility, accessibility, dissemination, and potential impact of research findings; facilitate knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration; support researchers, practitioners, policymakers, students, and communities; and strengthen the contribution of scientific evidence to the advancement of tropical public health and evidence-based decision-making.