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Middle East countries interested to adopt Indonesia`s vaccine technology

The President Director of the Indonesian vaccine manufacturer, PT Bio Farma, Rahman Roestan, said that a number of ...

OIC to discuss pharmaceutical cooperation in Jakarta

The National Medicines Regulatory Authorities (NMRAs) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a ...

BPOM to improve competitiveness of Indonesian phamaceautical products in ASEAN

The Indonesian Food and Drugs Administration (BPOM) is working to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian ...

News Feature -Iindonesia should make all-out efforts to eradicate measles

Measles and rubella are life-threatening conditions, as they are highly contagious viral diseases that can prove fatal ...

News feature - Parental role remains critical to preventing stunting By Otniel Tamindael

Despite the prevalence of stunted growth among children in Indonesia having dropped, from 37.2 percent in 2013 to 30.8 ...

WHO classifies people aged 80-100 years as old: Amin

Vice presidential candidate Ma`ruf Amin cited the World Health Organization (WHO) as saying that one can be ...

News Focus - Papua, West Papua remain at risk of elephantiasis l

Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, has been a public health problem in Indonesia for a long time, with ...

Bio Farma expands exports of vaccines to African markets

State-owned company PT Bio Farma (Persero) aims to expand vaccine exports to countries in Africa, as the region is one ...

Jakarta residents seriously protected from threats of bird flu: governor

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the provincial government has issued a regulation in 2007 to control the movement ...

News feature - Tobacco control should not be a mission impossible by Andi Abdussalam

People have been consuming tobacco or smoking cigarettes since time immemorial, but global efforts have been made to ...

Parental attention can help overcome malnutrition

Several factors, including the lack of parental attention due to busyness factor, can lead to nutritional deficiency ...

Yemen`s children suffer malnutrition, lack of medical care amid ongoing war

Wijdan Mohammed Hussein is only four years old, but her face looks ten times older than age. With a tiny and skeletal ...

Autism Mapping Project targeting 10 ASEAN members starts today

The ASEAN Secretariat officially announced at a launch today, Jakarta, the commencement of the Autism Mapping Project ...

570 mln children have no access to drinking water globally: UN report

A UN report published Monday finds that nearly 570 million children around the world do not have access to drinking ...

[OC countries use MR vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India

Twenty six member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have used the Measles Rubella (MR) ...