#public health

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Malaria remains endemic in five Indonesian provinces

Malaria is a major public health problem in most tropical countries, including Indonesia with five of its provinces ...

Historic Global Conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Prepares Ground for New Initiative

-     The historic Oslo Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons has concluded with ...

Portugal seizes 79 tons of processed foods containing traces of horse meat

Portugal`s Food Safety Authority (ASAE) opened criminal proceedings against five Portuguese companies Tuesday for ...

Too many Americans still drink too much

On any given day in the United States, 18 percent of men and 11 percent of women drink more alcohol than federal ...

Napier Healthcare Deploys Hospital Information Management System at Bhutan's Apex Healthcare Institution

- Napier Healthcare's Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) has been successfully implemented at the Jigme ...

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 ...

President approves new tobacco regulation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a government regulation, PP No. 109/2012, on the use of approved ...

World Health Organization and Alzheimer's Disease International Say Dementia Must be a Global Health

-     New Report Calls on Nations to Recognise Dementia as a Public Health ...

Triple bomb attack kills nine in Thailand

Three bomb attacks minutes apart killed nine people and wounded more than 100 on Saturday in the main town in ...

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Additional $220 Million to Fight Global Tobacco Use

-     - Progress to date includes 1.2 billion people protected by effective tobacco control ...

Feeding baby on demand associated with higher iq in school

Should your baby be fed according to a schedule or on demand? A new study suggests that demand-feeding is associated ...

US-Indonesia strengthening health cooperation

US Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Ted Osius and Indonesian Ministry of Health Secretary-General Ratna Rosita co-chaired ...

President Yudhoyono picks new deputy ministers for foreign affairs, health

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday morning was able to confirm two persons, Wardana and Ali Ghufron Mukti, ...

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 ...

UNICEF: Indonesia's infant mortality rate still high

Indonesia`s infant mortality rate is still high although it showed a downward trend in the past few years, United ...