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UN chief calls for end to brutality against women

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday emphasized the importance of stopping brutality against women, saying ...

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 ...

Indonesian First Lady urges women to step up role in national development

Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono has called on the country`s women to play a more active role in the development of ...

ACCESS (TM) Digital Publishing Ecosystem Develops QBaca

-- Promoting Widespread Usage of EPUB, ACCESS Provides Digital Publishing Platform That Supports EPUB 3 to Telkom Group ...

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) ...

300,000 people in U.S. living with chagas disease

As many as 300,000 people in the United States may have chronic Chagas disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

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, ...

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. ...

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, ...

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 ...

Thousands of HTI activists reject fuel price hike

Thousands of activists of the hard-line Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) staged street a rally against the ...

Illegitimate child rights and its problems in Indonesia

The National Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has estimated that 50 per cent of Indonesian children have no birth ...

RI`s constitutional court to arrange illegitimate child rights

Chairman of the Indonesian Constitutional Court Mahfud MD called on the ministers of religious affairs and Interior ...