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Indonesia, Switzerland enhance health cooperation

The government of Indonesia and Switzerland have agreed to cooperate in the health sector, such as improving capacity ...

Six in the running to be next WHO leader

Six international health experts, including four from Europe, are to compete to become the next director general of ...

Call to Improve Quality of Death -- Critical for Governments to Make Palliative Care Part of Comprehensive Healthcare

- The Lien Foundation calls on governments and policy makers to hasten and improve their provision of palliative ...

Senegal, The Philippines, And Uruguay Make Major Strides Towards Universal Access To Reproductive Health

- The Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health and the Aspen Institute announced today the winners of the 2015 ...

Indonesia Urged To Protect Younger Generation From Ill-Effects of Tobacco

Some 73,956,480 people died of tobacco-related diseases since the first Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ...

Indonesia hemmed-in between benefits and hazards of tobacco

The Indonesian government has not yet discussed whether it will ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ...

WHO chief urges to put health high on agenda in development plan

Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday called for efforts from member ...

Malaria Remains A Threat In Indonesia

Indonesia is still among the countries hardest hit by malaria, with almost half of the nation`s 244 million population ...

Indonesia Aims To Become Global Hub of Vaccine Development

The World Health Organization (WHO) has set a target that by 2015 there should be adequate production of influenza ...

World Hepatitis Alliance Welcomes New Global Framework

-Alliance calls on governments to support the WHO strategy by setting regional targets to eradicate this killer ...

Polio eradication shifts into emergency mode

-       New cases at lowest levels ever, but funding gap threatens ...

Immunization key to prevent hepatitis: minister

Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih has said immunization is the most effective means to prevent hepatitis. ...

Bhutan seeks Nepal support for UN Security Council seat

Bhutan has "informally" urged Nepal to support its bid for rotational non-permanent membership in the UN Security ...

Addressing malaria global elimination

- Malaria is known as a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast tropical forests, such ...