#infants

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Mom`s stress during pregnancy can affect baby`s iron status : study

Newborns whose mothers are under stress during the first trimester of pregnancy may be at risk for low iron status, ...

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. ...

Many small kids lack outdoor time with parents

Roughly half of preschoolers don`t spend time playing outside with a parent each day, despite the fact that outdoor ...

Indonesia world`s fifth pentavalent vaccine producer

Indonesia is now the world`s fifth pentavalent vaccine producer, after the state pharmaceutical firm PT Bio Farma has ...

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 ...

Officials prepare a plane evacuation at Adisutjipto airport

Officials are now preparing an evacuation of Sriwijaya Airline`s plane which was reported to have skidded at ...

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. ...

China arrests 608 people for child trafficking

Police in China have arrested 608 people suspected of selling children and freed 178 children, including some infants, ...

RI govt repatriates overstayers from Saudi Arabia

The Indonesian government has repatriated 1572 Indonesian overstayers in Saudi Arabia using hajj empty flights which ...

Indonesia determined to become polio, measles-free nation

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

Indonesia poised to become global home of batik

Batik lovers must not miss this upcoming event - a World Batik Summit to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center, ...

In Bali, HIV can infect 300 infants annually

The National Aids Commission (KPA) has predicted that about 300 infants can be infected with HIV each year in Bali if ...

Govt to promote batik as flagship product

Batik industry has been booming following the increased public enthusiasm of wearing the traditional clothes ...

Australian hospital in baby switch error

Two Australian mothers were mistakenly given the wrong newborns in a mix up which saw the infants breastfed and cared ...