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Australian ambassador shares keys to tackle disparities

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Gary Quinlan, has shared three key solutions to tackle regional disparities, which ...

President Jokowi, World Bank president discuss ways to tackle stunting

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim discussed ways to tackle the problem ...

Biofarma supplies 70 percent of world`s vaccine requirement

State-owned vaccine producer PT Biofarma supplies 70 percent of the world`s vaccine requirement, its Chief Executive ...

Papuan represents Indonesia at child conference in Sweden

A young Papuan from Wamena, Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, will represent Indonesia at a child conference in ...

Thousands of children still trapped in IS-held areas in Mosul

The UN Childre's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that thousands of children have been trapped in areas still held by ...

Jokowi invited to UN meeting on violence against children

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has been invited to participate in an annual meeting of the United Nations in New York ...

Pope Francis appeals for urgent food aid to help famine-stricken South Sudan

Pope Francis called on Wednesday for urgent humanitarian aid for the starving people of South Sudan, saying millions ...

Indonesia's commitment to reducing gas emission questioned

Indonesian plan to build coal fired power plants with a total capacity of 20,000 megawatts under its energy program ...

OIC countries to join vaccine production training in Bandung

As many as ten member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are expected to join training in ...

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 ...

Anemia during pregnancy may lead to stunted growth

Women who are underweight and anemic during pregnancy are more likely to have stunted children, perpetuating the ...

India`s parliament passes controversial child labour bill

Indias parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial law that would allow children to work for family businesses, ...

UNICEF finds dramatic inequality among world`s poorest, richest children

The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of ...

Death toll from Saudi-led air strikes on Yemeni market rises to more than 100

The death toll from Saudi-led air strikes on an outdoor market in northwestern Yemen has risen to more than 100, a ...

WHO seeks $56 million for Zika; Brazil microcephaly cases rise

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for $56 million to combat the Zika virus, a disease that has ...