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President calls for acceleration of MDG progress

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged all stakeholders to help accelerate and expand the progress of the ...

Southeast Asian women wants more participation in corruption eradication programs

Around 95 representatives from civil societies and governments from Southeast Asian countries namely Indonesia, ...

More Americans use mobile device while driving than europeans

A study has found that 69 percent of U.S. drivers talked on their cell phone while driving compared to 21 percent of ...

For International Women's Day, Women Deliver Highlights Social Enterprises that Improve the Health and Wellbeing

- Global online voters selected 10 inspiring start-up enterprises to competein the Women Deliver Social Enterprise ...

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 ...

1.5 Million Premature Cancer Deaths Could be Prevented per Year if Targets Set to Reduce NCDs are Met by 2025

-On World Cancer Day, UICC and International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reveal real-life impact of achieving ...

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 ...

Bill Gates Emphasizes Power of Goals and Measurement as Keys to Tackling Extreme Poverty

- In his fifth annual letter (http://billsletter.org ), Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

Economist Intelligence Unit Report Calls for Global Policy Innovation to Tackle the 'Silent Pandemic' That is Hepatitis

-- Experts recommend comprehensive approach to combat global health issue -     A new Economist ...

UMCG Enrolls First Patients in PneumRx RENEW Pivotal Trial for Treatment of Severe Emphysema

- PneumRx, Inc., a leader in interventional pulmonology, announced today that University Medical Center Groningen has ...

Indonesia wins global recognition for MDG implementation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year requested Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to co-chair ...

Common diabetes drug may treat ovarian cancer

Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than ...

Telome Health Plans Launch of TeloTest(TM), a Novel Wellness Biomarker Based on Telomere Length

- Telome Health, Inc. (THI), developer of the TeloTest(TM) diagnostic test that measures average telomere length, ...

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 ...