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Rohingyas remain vulnerable despite thousands of lives saved: WHO

The nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees still remain vulnerable today, even though concerted efforts by the Bangladesh ...

UN warns of third wave of Yemen cholera epidemic

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday said that the number of suspected ...

Improving the quality of human resources

The future of Indonesia depends on human resources of good quality, excellence, and strong competitiveness in the face ...

Reducing violence against women in Indonesia

The rate of violence against children and women in Indonesia remains high, so various efforts are being and will ...

Congo ebola outbreak poses high regional risk, says WHO

An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres (miles) and poses a ...

East Arafat hospital provides Indonesian translators

East Arafat Hospital, located in Masya`ir area, covering Mina, Arafah, and Muzdalifah, which is one of the hundreds of ...

OIC seeks indigenous vaccines from Muslim countries

Organization of Islamic Cooperation`s (OIC`s) Science and Technology Department is seeking indigenous vaccines from ...

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 ...

Game addiction leads to behavioral disorder: health ministry

Video game addition can lead to "behavioral disorder", according to Health Ministry`s Director General of ...

Taiwan explores cooperation in health with Indonesia

With its New Southbound Policy, the government of Taiwan is exploring technical cooperation in health with Indonesia, ...

WHO encourages Indonesia to raise cigarettes tax

World Health Organization (WHO) has encouraged Indonesian authority to raise cigarette customs and tax as it would not ...

Air quality in Jakarta, Palembang good for Asian Games

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has stated the quality of air in Jakarta and Palembang is ...

Indonesia aims to be free of malaria by 2020

Indonesia, with almost half of its population residing in malaria-endemic areas, aims to be free of the mosquito-borne ...

65 million people at risk of falling into poverty

Regional Director for World Health Organization Southeast Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh opined that 65 million Southeast ...

Ministry optimistic of revealing 80 percent of TB cases

The Health Ministry has set a target to discover 80 percent of the estimated 1,020,000 cases of tuberculosis (TB) ...