#communicable diseases

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Raising cigarette prices to reduce smoking

Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among ...

Early detection can prevent diabetes: Minister Moeloek

Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek has said said one way to prevent diabetes is by early detection regularly every ...

Ministry advises TB test for cough lasting over two weeks

The Ministry of Health has advised people suffering from cough for two weeks or more to visit a doctor and undergo ...

Dengue cases continue to increase in several Indonesian regions

Despite the government having urged people in various provinces to be wary of dengue fever, a viral disease caused by ...

Call to Improve Quality of Death -- Critical for Governments to Make Palliative Care Part of Comprehensive Healthcare

- The Lien Foundation calls on governments and policy makers to hasten and improve their provision of palliative ...

WHO urges governments to raise tobacco taxes to beat smoking

Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate ...

Joint Ministerial Statement of 26 th APEC Meeting

1. We, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers, met on 7-8 November 2014, in Beijing, China. The meeting ...

Siloam Hospitals Again Awarded Indonesian Healthcare Services Provider of the Year by Frost & Sullivan

Siloam Hospitals Group has again been honoured with Healthcare Services Provider of the Year at the Frost & ...

Rise in number of lepers in Ternate

There has been a marked increase in the number of people lately diagnosed with leprosy in Ternate, North Maluku, ...

Japan introduces medical technology to help improve Indonesia`s health services

Japans Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Medical Excellence Japan (MEJ), a consortium of medical ...

E Java`s Bojonegoro district reeling under water crisis

A total of 5,482 families or 14,548 residents of 27 villages of 10 sub-districts of Bojonegoro in East Java, are ...

Clean water shortage hits some areas

Several parts of Indonesia have been experiencing drought-like conditions over the past weeks and the government is ...

28 villages in a Lebak under threat of water crisis

A total of 28 villages in Lebak district, Banten province, are under a threat of clean water crisis as the dry season ...

1.5 Million Premature Cancer Deaths Could be Prevented per Year if Targets Set to Reduce NCDs are Met by 2025

-On World Cancer Day, UICC and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveal real-life impact of achieving ...

Lebaran services not routine

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