#acute respiratory

Collection of acute respiratory news, found 146 news.

China steps up H7N9 flu monitoring

China`s local health organs have been instructed to step up flu monitoring as part of the country`s efforts to fight ...

Washing hands seen as cheapest, easiest way to save lives

Indonesia, together with around 70 other countries celebrated the fifth Global Handwashing Day on Monday (October 15) ...

Lebaran services not routine

President Susilo Bambang Yudhono has stated that the health and security services provided to Id-ul Fitr travellers ...

Some 2,000 people sicken in Philippine flood evacuation centers

About 2,000 people fell ill in evacuation centers in flood-hit areas in the Philippines, a senior official ...

Indonesian health ministry to set up more than 1,400 posts for travellers

The Ministry of Health has planned to set up 1,468 health-care posts, with at least 65,000 paramedics, for home-bound ...

Indonesian Health Ministry wary of mystery illness in Cambodia

The Indonesian Ministry of Health is wary of an undiagnosed illness that has claimed the lives of at least 50 ...

Lactobacillus reuteri Protectis Reduced Diarrhoea in Children

         A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 494 children showed that ...

Malaria incidence in Jayapura in 2011 down

The incidence of malaria in Jayapura district, Papua, in 2011 has declined compared to the previous year, according ...

Mandela in unexpected visit to home village

South Africa`s ailing former president Nelson Mandela has flown to his birthplace in his first trip outside ...

Light smog hangs over Dumai

Most of areas in Dumai, Riau, is covered by light smog which was presumed to have come from forest and land fires. ...

Cold lava flood victims suffering from acute respiratory infections

A number of Mount Merapi cold lava victims staying in refugee camps in Magelang, Central Java, are currently ...