This article analyzes Indonesia’s health diplomacy when Indonesia and other countries in the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic. Health diplomacy here is understood as the ideas, practices, and goals state and non-state actors wish to achieve in formulating global and universal health policies. The writers argue that Indonesia’s fragile health system greatly influenced Indonesia’s health diplomacy. Compared with other countries in the Asian region whose governments could control the pandemic at a fast pace, the Indonesian government appeared unable to adopt effective and efficient policies for handling COVID-19. As a result, the fatality rate due to the coronavirus in Indonesia was considerably high and took the lives of not only patients but also medical personnel. Therefore, Indonesia actively approached many parties to seek assistance, whether in vaccines or other medical equipment. Intriguingly, due to its status as one of the largest economies in the world, Indonesia inevitably had to help other countries anticipate COVID-19 even though the amount of assistance provided by Indonesia was lower than what Indonesia had received. By looking at the politics of public health in Indonesia and how they influence Indonesia’s health diplomacy, the writers hope to contribute to the growth of the literature on health diplomacy in general and Indonesian foreign policy in particular.