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WHO appreciates Papua KPA for taking part in socializing prepex

The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed appreciation to the Papuas HIV/AIDS Eradication Commission (KPA) for ...

Mental health issues should be prioritized

The World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of February declared depression as the single leading cause of ...

EARTH WIRE -- Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO

A quarter of all global deaths of children under five are due to unhealthy or polluted environments including dirty ...

Prohibiting cigarette sales to children

Smoking among youth can be significantly reduced by effectively enforcing prohibition of cigarette sales to children. ...

Three districts in Papua to conduct elephantiasis treatment

Only three districts in Indonesias easternmost province of Papua will carry out mass treatment against the lymphatic ...

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 ...

Government should prevent production and circulation of lead paints: NGO

Non-governmental organization (NGO) Balifokus Foundation has called on the government to prevent the production and ...

Elephantiasis disease targeted in 12 districts in Papua

Residents in some 12 districts in Indonesias easternmost province of Papua are at risk of contracting lymphatic ...

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 ...

Raising cigarette prices to reduce smoking

Raising cigarette prices is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce smoking, especially among ...

Government warned of cigarette price increase

The governments reported plan to significantly hike cigarette prices has sparked pros and cons reactions from various ...

Indonesian researchers breed anti-dengue mosquitoes

Indonesian researchers from Gadjah Mada University, in collaboration with Eliminate Dengue Project (EDP) Yogayakarta ...

Health minister launches polio vaccines program

The Minister of Health, Nila F. Moeloek, has launched the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) for primary immunization of ...

Indonesia is not Zika infected country: Health ministry

The health ministry said Indonesia is not among 46 countries in the world facing an outbreak of the deadly Zika ...

Can coffee cause cancer? Only if it`s very hot, says who scientists

There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organizations cancer agency will ...