#children health

Collection of children health news, found 24 news.

Cargill and Water.org Announce $2.1 Million Partnership to Provide Access to Safe Water and Sanitation

- Reliable access to clean, safe water as well as sanitation and hygiene are essential for communities to thrive. To ...

Ministry presses for stunting prevention efforts in after-birth phase

The Indonesian Health Ministry stated that one of the important phases to prevent stunting in toddlers is after birth, ...

Health minister calls for maximum use of anthropometric equipment

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin called for maximum utilization of anthropometric equipment that the government has ...

Solok pilot project of Health Ministry-JICA knowledge sharing program

Solok City, West Sumatra, has been selected to be a pilot project location of the knowledge-sharing program that is ...

Jakarta strives to control obesity through health promotion

The Jakarta Provincial Government incessantly strives to remind its citizens to fight obesity, as it is one of the main ...

Health Bill ensures protection of infants, children: Ministry

The Indonesian Ministry of Health ensures that the Health Bill, being processed in the House of Representatives (DPR), ...

Health Minister, Jakarta Acting Governor discuss stunting reduction

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin held a meeting with Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono to deliberate ...

School health units can promote health-oriented mindset in children

Deputy Governor of Lampung Chusnunia Chalim has said that the existence of proper school health units (UKSes) can ...

KIA handbook released to reduce under-five mortality rate: ministry

The release of the Maternal and Child Health (KIA) handbook is part of the government's strategies to reduce the ...

Minister urges parents to immunize children to prevent diseases

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has invited all parents to immunize their children in an effort to protect the ...

State guarantees unlimited health services for mothers, children: KSP

The state is ready to guarantee unlimited access to maternal and child health services, the Presidential Staff Office ...

Low budget absorption hindering stunting reduction efforts: BKKBN

Low absorption of the Family Planning Operational Assistance (BOKB) and continued delay in the provision of weaning ...

KIA Bill obligates gov't fulfilling maternal, child nutritional needs

The draft bill on maternal and children health (KIA Bill) stipulated the state's obligation to ensure good ...

Ministry awaits WHO study on acute hepatitis in children

The Indonesian Health Ministry has said that it is still waiting for further studies from the World Health Organization ...

Gov't outlines five hypotheses concerning cause of acute hepatitis

Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono outlined five hypotheses concerning the cause of mysterious acute ...