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Bid to revitalize community-based healthcare

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - Efforts in Indonesia to save a volunteer-led community health initiative are working, but more...

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Asian parliamentarians mull how to boost health

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Philippines (the), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet...

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Facing the stigma of leprosy

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 22 March 2012 (IRIN) - In Indonesia, a diagnosis of leprosy can cut patients off from family, employment, public...

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No room for tsunami complacency

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 18 April 2012 (IRIN) - One week after a tsunami alert was issued along the western coast of Indonesia, leading disaster...

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Living with dirty water

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 24 April 2012 (IRIN) - Heavy pollution of river water by household and industrial waste in the Indonesian province of...

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Trafficked people left unsupported

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Timor-Leste, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar DILI, 30 April 2012 (IRIN) - Support services for women and children trafficked to...

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Report card on disaster preparedness

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 8 June 2012 (IRIN) - JAKARTA, 8 June 2012 – A new World Health Organization (WHO) assessment reviews Indonesia’s...

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Housewives help fight TB

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia CICENDO, 13 June 2012 (IRIN) - Housewives in Cicendo District near Bandung in West Java, Indonesia's third largest city, are...

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Mangrove loss threatens community resilience

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 14 June 2012 (IRIN) - Millions of hectares of mangrove forests in Indonesia are being lost to agriculture, oil palm...

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How to move floodwater through Bangkok

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Thailand, Indonesia BANGKOK, 19 June 2012 (IRIN) - As flood season revisits Thailand, experts and policymakers look to 2011, which brought...

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Asylum seekers take to boats out of frustration

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  World, Afghanistan, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka PUCAK, 22 June 2012 (IRIN) - Refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia,...

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Maternal mortality ratio stagnates

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 3 July 2012 (IRIN) - Despite progress in reducing maternal deaths in Indonesia, international organizations, health...

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Aid Policy: From Rwanda to Haiti - what progress on accountability?

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  World, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Rwanda DAKAR, 4 July 2012 (IRIN) - The Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda (JEEAR), a 1996...

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Too many pre-term births

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 9 July 2012 (IRIN) - Linda Rullis sold her motorcycle and borrowed money from relatives to cover neo-natal treatment for...

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Politique humanitaire : Du Rwanda à Haïti - quels progrès en matière de...

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  World, Haiti, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda DAKAR, 9 juillet 2012 (IRIN) - L’Évaluation conjointe de l’aide d’urgence au Rwanda (Joint...

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Low health awareness deadly for children

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 30 July 2012 (IRIN) - Poor knowledge of basic healthcare and lack of sanitation are contributing to the high number of...

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Food: Price shock hotspots

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  World, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (the), Chad, China, Congo (the), Democratic Republic of...

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Alimentation : Les régions les plus durement affectées par la hausse des prix

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  World, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (the), Chad, China, Congo (the), Democratic Republic of...

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Migration: New Australian refugee quota welcomed

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka BANGKOK, 24 August 2012 (IRIN) - Refugee rights groups have welcomed a decision by the Australian Government...

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Mixed progress on reducing child malnutrition

Source:  Integrated Regional Information Networks Country:  Indonesia JAKARTA, 30 August 2012 (IRIN) - While Indonesia in relative terms is cutting the number of malnourished children under the age of...

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