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Collection of blindness news, found 44 news.

Providing vitamin A to children remains important: Expert

A pediatrician at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital Dr. Himawan Aulia Rahman has reminded the public of the ...

GLIDE launches inaugural awards for disease elimination

The Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), a new Abu Dhabi-based global health Institute focused on ...

Indonesia targets mercury-free healthcare by 2020

The Indonesian government, through the health ministry, has targeted to phase out mercury-containing medical devices in ...

News Featue - Preserving Indonesia`s sea turtles by Rahmad Nasution

Indonesia is an archipelagic nation that is blessed by the Almighty God with an array of flora and fauna, several of ...

Health laboratory results awaited on JE virus spread in Bali

Health Minister Nila Moeloek confirmed that she still awaits the health laboratory center results on the issue of ...

Asian Para Games - Miftahul disqualified because of reluctance to remove headscarf

Indonesian women`s judo athlete Miftahul Jannah was disqualified from the Asian Para Games 2018 blindness judo match, ...

UN Chief: Some 422 m. people live with diabetes

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Diabetes Day, 14 Nov 2016, said some 422 million ...

Total Solar Eclipse Thrills Watchers Across Indonesia

A solar eclipse visible in most parts of Indonesia, either totally or partly, thrilled and satisfied millions of ...

Dutch astronaut observes total solar eclipse in Central Sulawesi

Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers observed the rare natural phenomenon of the total solar eclipse (TSE) at Kotapulu ...

Kalla optimistic of new discoveries during total solar eclipse

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has expressed hope that some scientific discoveries would be made following the total ...

Visually impaired people want better welfare

The visually impaired people in Indonesia want better welfare, good education, a satisfying job, a fulfilling family ...

Indonesia Making Preparations for March 9 Total Solar Eclipse Tours

Indonesia is set to welcome tourists and scientists keen on witnessing the spectacular total solar eclipse, with the ...

Indonesia Making Preparations for March 9 Total Solar Eclipse Tours

Indonesia is set to welcome tourists and scientists keen on witnessing the spectacular total solar eclipse, with the ...

Nobel medicine prize awarded for work on parasitic diseases

William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine for their work against ...

Stem cells from human embryos prove safe, improve vision-study

The longest-running trial of stem cells derived from a human embryo found that the cells caused patients none of the ...