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Govt pulling out all the stops to reduce maternal death rate

Indonesia`s maternal mortality rate of 228 per 100,000 live births remains the highest in Southeast Asia, but the ...

Washing hands seen as cheapest, easiest way to save lives

Indonesia, together with around 70 other countries celebrated the fifth Global Handwashing Day on Monday (October 15) ...

Some 42,000 Americans die from secondhand smoke annually: Study

Secondhand smoke is to blame for some 42,000 nonsmoker deaths annually in the United States, including nearly 900 ...

Health sector needs Rp80 tln to achieve MDGS

Budget allocations for the health sector must be raised by 68 percent to Rp80.6 trillion next year to achieve the ...

VP optimistic RI can reach MDG`s target in 2015

Vice President Boediono expressed his optimism here on Thursday that Indonesia`s target for the Millennium Development ...

President praises health minister`s fighting spirit

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono applauded the late Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih`s fighting ...

UNICEF reports declining breastfeeding rates in East Asia

The United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday voiced alarm at the decline of breastfeeding across East Asia, ...

RI racing against time to meet MDG targets by andi abdussalam - (d)

Indonesia, one of the 189 countries that declared in 2000 their commitment to achieving eight Millennium Development ...

Program seeks to lower high maternal mortality rate in six provinces

Six provinces in Indonesia continue to have the nation`s highest maternal mortality rates, at over 50 percent. ...

Indonesia to have more internationally accredited hospitals by 2014

There is no doubt that only the haves could afford placing obituary ads in newspapers. And from these obituaries, it ...

Seven hospitals expected to be internationally accredited

Seven state-owned A-class hospitals are expected to receive international accreditation by 2014. "In the health ...

Two Indonesian mothers die during delivery every hour

Indonesia`s maternal mortality rate is still high as it is believed that almost every hour two Indonesian women die ...

Maternal mortality rate still far from MDG`s target: minister

Minister of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said the maternal mortality rate was difficult to reduce to meet ...

Papua's HIV/AIDS infected consumes ARV regularly

A total of 2,180 people infected with HIV / AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) in ...

Babies learn whom to trust at early age

You can fool them once, but babies will not be fooled again if adults trick them, according to a new Canadian study. ...