The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has awarded regions that have created innovations for expediting stunting reduction, BKKBN head Hasto Wardoyo informed in a written statement that ANTARA received here on Friday. “Innovation is very important to accelerate the reduction of stunting. I hope that these innovations are
The Kebayoran Lama Regional General Hospital in South Jakarta, has readied additional beds as a precautionary measure against a likely spike in COVID-19 cases before and after the Christmas and New Year’s 2022 holidays. “That is right, we have 30 or 33 beds for COVID-19 patients. Hence, we have COVID-19
The Yogyakarta City COVID-19 Handling Task Force confirmed three additional positive cases of COVID-19 from limited face-to-face learning (PTM) activities based on the results of random tests that were conducted. “Three cases were found in three different schools. We will immediately follow up to trace the close contacts,” Head of
West Kalimantan residents must remain alert for extreme weather on account of the La Nina phenomenon during the period from December 2021 to January 2022, an official has said. “It is known that the 2019 La Nina occurred in the middle of the year and this is the end of
The challenges faced by Indonesians in facing potential disasters amid the COVID-19 pandemic will be even greater, head of the Public Meteorology Center of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), Fachri Radjab, has warned. More cautious steps are needed to handle people who are affected by disasters and need
The Health Ministry has informed that the habit of smoking among several Indonesians has resulted in 9.2 million contracting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the 2013 Basic Health Research data. “Investment on people is hindered due to children in the age of 10 to 18 years being exposed