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Collection of maternal news, found 61 news.

Innovative Partnership Reduces Cost Of Bayer's Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Implant By More Than 50 Percent

- An unprecedented group of public and private sector partners has finalized an agreement that will make Jadelle®, ...

President proposes no new development format for post-2015

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 ...

Maternal mortality rate still high: Health minister

Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi said cases of stillbirth and the death rates of mother in the process of delivery are ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

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. ...

US ambassador helps launch "emas" child program in W Java

US Ambassador Scot Marciel spent April 18 visiting Bandung, West Java, where he launched a child health program, ...

Obese mothers put children at higher risk of asthma

Pregnant women who are obese put their children at higher risk of developing asthma compared to mothers of normal ...

Workplace pollutants tied to kids` asthma risk

A mother`s exposure to airborne pollutants may increase the likelihood that her unborn child will later develop ...

Governor,US envoy open Banda Aceh-Calang highway

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel and Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf on Thursday opened the Banda Aceh-Calang west ...

RI to host Aspac reproductive, sexual health conference

Indonesia is expected to host the 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (6th ...

RI to bring up global issues at UNGA sessions

Indonesia will bring up global matters at the United Nations (UN) 66th general assembly which will be held in New York ...

Indonesia trying to reduce maternal death rate

Indonesia is trying to reduce maternal death rate from currently at 228 per 100,000 living births to 102 by 2015. ...

Bill Gates Releases Third Annual Letter, Calling for Sustained Foreign Aid to Boost Global Health an

-     Speaking at Historic Roosevelt House, Gates Outlines Why the World Should Prioritize Vaccines and ...

More promises given to the poor in 2011

The poor in Indonesia have some gladdening things to look forward to this year as promises of better treatment have ...