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80 percent of swallow nest in China imported from Indonesia

Some 80 percent of the swallow nests in the Chinese market this year were imported from Indonesia, an importer ...

Immunization launched to prevent spread of diphtheria

The Ministry of Health is launching a simultaneous immunization program or "outbreak response immunization (ORI)" in ...

Health issues need inter-departmental efforts: Minister

Indonesias Health Minister Nila Moeloek said here on Tuesday that inter-departmental efforts are needed to handle ...

President Jokowi opens int`l conference on global health security

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially opened the 2017 International Conference and Table Top Exercise for Global ...

House asks police to nab hoax news disseminators

Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) has asked the police and the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) to ...

Health minister launches public health emergency center

Health Affairs Minister Nila Moeloek has launched the Public Health Emergency Operating Center (PHEOC) that would ...

Yellow fever deaths climb to 60 in Brazil outbreak

The Brazilian government announced Friday that the number of confirmed deaths caused by a yellow fever outbreak has ...

hong kong confirms second bird flu death this winter - (d)

A 62-year-old man travelling from mainland China died in Hong Kong from bird flu on Friday (Jan. 6), the second such ...

Many Brazilian women avioding pregnancy due to zika fears

Brazil should urgently review its reproductive health policies, scientists said on Friday, to support the more than 50 ...

China reports first two human fatalities from bird flu this winter

Two people in the Chinese province of Anhui have died of bird flu infection, the first fatalities among this winters ...

Ireland urges poultry owners to remain vigilant against bird flu

Ireland urged poultry owners to remain vigilant against avian influenza, due to confirmation of outbreak of such ...

Dutch destroy 190,000 ducks in first bird flu cull

Some 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday (Nov. 26) at six farms in the Netherlands following an avian flu ...

Malnutrition rates high among S. Sudan children due to violence: UNICEF

Renewed violence in South Sudan threatens a generation of children who have been killed, injured, displaced and ...

Jokowi calls for ASEAN-UN partnership to eradicate poverty in SE Asia

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has underscored the importance of ASEAN-UN partnership to eradicate ...

Tightening zika virus surveillance at Indonesian ports

Many countries, including Indonesia, are reeling under the scare of Zika virus that has spread rapidly in American and ...