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Climate change impacts reproductive health: Indonesia's specialist

Environmental degradation and climate change resulting from human activities can have detrimental effects on ...

UNFPA calls for action on Indonesia's maternal mortality

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has sounded the alarm over Indonesia’s high rate of maternal deaths ...

Indonesia's Health Ministry clarifies infant death after immunization

Indonesia's Health Ministry has issued a clarification on Sunday regarding the death of a three-month-old male ...

Indonesia's IBI pushes for better midwife placement in villages

The Indonesian Midwives Association (IBI) calls for better placement of midwives throughout the country, given that ...

KIA Law supports workers' protection: Ministry of Manpower

Indonesia's Ministry of Manpower stated that the ratification of the Law on Maternal and Child Welfare (UU KIA) ...

Minister seeks to expand midwives' role to lower maternal mortality 

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that his ministry will expand the role of midwives to the village level to ...

Midwives' struggles in birthing a stunting-free nation

Fifi Sumanti, a 31-year-old midwife from Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara, wells up as she recounts her struggles in ...

National Rotavirus immunization to commence on Aug 15: Health Ministry

Indonesia's Health Ministry will begin the national immunization against Rotavirus (RV) on August 15, 2023, ...

13 existing laws to be affected by Health Bill: Ministry

At least 13 existing health laws will be affected by the 2023 Health Bill, the Health Minister's health law expert ...

Ministry urges parents to complete children's basic immunization

Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture has urged parents to complete their children's basic ...

Ministry awaits results of audit into infant's death after vaccination

The Health Ministry is awaiting the results of an audit by the Regional Commissariat on Adverse Events Following ...

Mother gives birth to baby girl at Yogyakarta's Tugu Station

A commuter railway passenger from Central Java safely gave birth to a baby girl shortly after arriving at Tugu Station ...

Students must work with TPKs to reduce stunting: BKKBN

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has urged students participating in the thematic community ...

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Assisting families to prevent childhood stunting

The program to accelerate stunting reduction in Indonesia has helped raise awareness that stunting handling should not ...

6,130 teams deployed to handle stunting in South Sumatra: BKKBN

As many as 6,130 family assistance teams (TPKs) have been deployed to handle childhood stunting in South Sumatra, the ...