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Bio Farma receives international recognition

With 11 products provided by Indonesia`s leading vaccine manufacturer, PT Bio Farma has received recognition from the ...

Obituary - Indonesians mourn demise of minister Endang

In October 2010, many Indonesians were shocked to learn that Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih was suffering ...

Dengue fever endemic in Malang

Fifty-seven sub-districts in Malang city, East Java, are working to halt the spread of dengue fever, local health ...

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 ...

Indonesia world`s fifth pentavalent vaccine producer

Indonesia is now the world`s fifth pentavalent vaccine producer, after the state pharmaceutical firm PT Bio Farma has ...

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

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

Measles-related mortality rate drops 90 percent

The measles-related mortality rate in Indonesia has dropped by about 90 percent, a study by an international team of ...

Tangerang youth dies of H1N1, not H5N1

Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said that R (18), a Tangerang youth who initially reportedly died of bird ...

over 3,000 ai-infected chickens in C Sulawesi culled

Some 3,254 chickens were culled in 2011 in Central Sulawesi after they proved to have been infected with Avian ...

Man confirmed dead of bird flu in north Jakarta

A resident of Sunter, PD (23), in North Jakarta has been confirmed to have died of bird flu, a health ministry ...

WHO warns of lab-produced bird flu virus - (d)

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on Friday, warning that studies undertaken by several institutions ...

At least 36 killed in Brazil road accident

At least 36 people were killed Saturday in a crash between a truck and bus carrying farm workers in Brazil`s ...

On World COPD Day, Patients are Urged to Take Extra Care Ahead of This Winter

-                 - Updated international ...

Aussie scientist talks about new anti-malaria drugs

Australian scientist Geoff McFadden here on Wednesday explained how malaria can be treated using new drugs and ...

RI cancer sufferers to increase 7-fold by 2010: WHO

The number of people suffering from cancer in Indonesia is predicted to have risen seven-fold by 2010, a cancer ...