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Rabies cases increasing in various RI regions

Several parts of Indonesia are running the latent risk of a rabies outbreak but the past few months have seen a sharp ...

Addressing malaria global elimination

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

Thousand of people March for World`s Malaria Day campaign

Thousands of people grouped in the Indonesia Malaria Care Foundation (IMCF) staged a long march in front of Balinese ...

New approach needed to stop HIV/AIDS spread in Indonesia

With four years to go before the deadline of MDGs in 2015, Indonesia is still struggling to stop or reverse the upward ...

150,000 Indonesians die each year misusing antibiotics on TB

World Health Organization (WHO) data show that 150,000 people out of 440,000 tuberculosis sufferers in Indonesia died ...

Sumatra on alert as bird flu comes back

The sudden death of thousands of chickens has been reported in several cities on Sumatra Island over the past several ...

US, Indonesia continue to fight avian influenza

The United States Government in partnership with the Government of Indonesia on Thursday launched a project to reduce ...

WHO says no evidence of radiation spread from Japan

The World Health Organisation`s representative in China said on Wednesday that there is no evidence of any significant ...

Two children believed infected by bird flu

Two children in the West Sumatran city of Padang are suspected of having contracted bird flu , a doctor at M.Jamil ...

Rising status of women, increased risk of smoking

Millions of women in developing countries risk disease and early death in the coming decades as the tobacco industry ...

Bird flu continuing to menace Cirebon district

Cirebon district in West Java remains vulnerable to bird flu infection because of the local government`s limited ...

Bird flu kills hundreds of chickens in Jambi

Bird flu has killed several hundred chickens in certain areas of Jambi Kota and Jambi Luar Kota neighborhoods, Jambi ...

Man dies after swine flu infection in Hong Kong

A man has died in Hong Kong after contracting swine flu, health authorities said Monday, a year-and-a-half after an ...

Bird flu outbreak threatens Lampung

Bird flu virus has threatened chickens of residents in Nabang Sari village, Kedondong subdistrict, Pesawaran ...

Govt urged to publish brands of tainted baby milk

The House of Representatives (DPR) and the National Consumer Protection Agency (BPKN) have urged the government to ...