#disease control

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Measles-related mortality rate drops 90 percent

The measles-related mortality rate in Indonesia has dropped by about 90 percent, a study by an international team of ...

Private and Public Partners Unite to Combat 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2020

-     Partners pledge innovative, coordinated action aimed at new World Health Organisation ...

over 3,000 ai-infected chickens in C Sulawesi culled

Some 3,254 chickens were culled in 2011 in Central Sulawesi after they proved to have been infected with Avian ...

Gates Foundation Commends India's Progress Against Polio

-     One year polio-free anniversary underscores success of comprehensive approach to ...

Man confirmed dead of bird flu in north Jakarta

A resident of Sunter, PD (23), in North Jakarta has been confirmed to have died of bird flu, a health ministry ...

news focus: e Java beefs up immunization to fight diphtheria

East Java Governor Soekarwo on October 7, 2011, declared an extraordinary situation (KLB) for diphtheria in all parts ...

Indonesia determined to become polio, measles-free nation

In addition to the routine immunization program using five vaccines to prevent tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, ...

East Java to spend Rp21 billion to fight diphtheria

The East Java administration has at its disposal funds amounting to Rp21 billion, including Rp13 billion from the ...

US-Indonesia strengthening health cooperation

US Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Ted Osius and Indonesian Ministry of Health Secretary-General Ratna Rosita co-chaired ...

HIV/AIDS sufferers in Sukabumi reach 470

The number of people infected with HIV-AIDS in Sukabumi city, West Java province had increased significant and there ...

Soekarno-Hatta Airport sets up 8 health care posts

Jakarta`s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has set up eight health care posts on its premises for the benefit of ...

Developing nations must prioritize fight against cervical cancer

A Dutch gynecologist has called cervical cancer (or cancer of the cervix) a developing country disease because 80 ...

Beware of hepatitis, the silent killer

Indonesia just joined the world in observing World Hepatitis Day on July 28 launched by the World Health Organization ...

Cellestis Responds to World Health Organization Guidance on Use of Blood Tests

-     Blood Tests Still Necessary for Latent Disease; WHO Guidance is Not Applicable to ...

West Sumbawa`s MDGs program focuses on malaria, HIV/AIDS eradication

The West Sumbawa district administration, West Nusa Tenggara province is focusing on malaria, tuberculosis and ...