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RI govt urged to devise elderly empowerment policy

The Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI) has asked the government to devise a policy to empower the country`s ...

Death rate in occupational accidents in Indonesia high: Official

The rate of occupational accidents in Indonesia is high compared with those in other Asian countries and Europe, a ...

news focus: Babel poised to host sail Wakatobi Belitong peak event

Bangka Belitung (Babel) Province has been busy making preparations for the peak event of Sail Wakatobi Belitong (WWB) ...

Hundreds of Israeli doctors resign in pay protest

Hundreds of Israeli doctors did not show up for work on Monday after quitting their jobs over a salary dispute, a ...

Women must be proactive in preventing cervical cancer

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono has called on women to be more proactive and change their life style in trying to prevent ...

First lady supports movement against cervical cancer

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono on Thursday showed her interest in efforts to improve Indonesian women`s health by ...

Govt to provide free ARV drugs for all HIV/AIDS patients in 2012

Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said the government will allocate funds to provide antiretrovital (ARV) ...

Dominican Republic`s cholera death toll climbs to 36

The number of cholera-related deaths in the Dominican Republic jumped from 23 to 36 over the past two weeks, while the ...

Habibie calls on Indonesians to become eye donors

Former president Bacharuddin Jusuf (BJ) Habibie has called on the Indonesian people to become eye donors. ...

Coalition strikes killed 114 in four days

At least 114 people have been killed and 445 wounded in four days of coalition strikes on Libya, a health ministry ...

Singapore halts food importsf from near Japan plant

Singapore has suspended imports of milk products and other foodstuffs from four areas near Japan`s damaged Fukushima ...

RI calls on int`l community to cut narcotics demand

Indonesia has called on the international community to cut global demand for narcotics and drugs as part of a ...

Traditional herbs to be recognized in medical practice

A discourse is going on in the Indonesian medical world to recognize traditional medicinal herbs as legal medicine ...

Japan to monitor seawater near nuclear plant

Japan will monitor radiation levels in the Pacific Ocean near a quake-hit nuclear plant, where firefighters have been ...

Indonesia helps Japan as token of sympathy

The Indonesian government has announced its pledge to donate respectively US$2 million and US$500,000 to Japan and New ...