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Global Partners Making Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases, New Report and Scorecard Show

- Global partners in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have made substantial progress over the past ...

MRT, monorail, then deep tunnel: Jokowi

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that he will implement development projects in the city one by one, ...

Poverty eradication should be far-reaching and continuous effort

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that poverty eradication should be a far-reaching and continuous effort ...

Water and waste management stakeholders forum & pre-market Sounding (WWM’12)

Jakarta, 19th November 2012, The Indonesia Infrastructure Fast Track Seminar Series has been developed in support of ...

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 ...

UN sounds alarm on south Sudan hepatitis E outbreak

The UN`s refugee agency warned Friday that an outbreak of hepatitis E among refugees in South Sudan was worsening and ...

Streams Into Stability: Bayat Foundation Launches Beautify Afghanistan Strategic Initiative

- Fatema Bayat, Executive Director of the Bayat Foundation, a 501 c(3) charitable organization committed to improving ...

No toilet, no bride, says senior Indian minister

"No toilet, no bride". That`s the latest message from a senior Indian Minister, who Sunday urged women not to get ...

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) ...

Seven percent of indonesians have no access to good sanitation

About seven percent of Indonesians have no access to adequate sanitation, Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi said here on ...

World Water Week Closes With Vision for a Water and Food Secure Future

-     The 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm closed today with a "vision" capturing the perspective ...

Indonesia to draw foreign loans totaling Rp45.9 t in 2013

The Indonesian government plans to draw Rp45.9 trillion (US$4.88 billion) and pay Rp58.4 trillion in foreign debt ...

25,000 displaced by latest unrest in Sudan`s Darfur: UN

The United Nations said Friday that 25,000 people have been displaced in Sudan`s Darfur region after unrest that began ...

150,000 children die of preventable diseases

Nearly 150,000 Indonesian children under five die of preventable diseases every year, according to UNICEF. "The ...

Scot Marciel highlights US partnership in Makassar

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel participated in a groundbreaking ceremony of a Rappocini Village master meter ...