Late treatment of cancer patients could be attributed to fear among people and the long distance to the hospitals, the Indonesian Breast Cancer Foundation’s (YKP’s) Head, Linda Agum Gumelar, stated. “There are two causes based on our observation. The first cause that drives the delay in patient treatment is limited
Hundreds of volunteers have collected 1.5 tons of garbage left behind by climbers from Mount Gede-Pangrango, Cianjur, West Java, as part of an annual clean-up drive. One of the volunteers, Niko Rastagil, said that most of the trash comprised instant noodle packaging and plastic drink bottles or cans. Nature lovers
A third COVID-19 wave could complicate the implementation of Indonesia’s stunting eradication efforts, Netty Prasetiyani Aher, a member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives, has opined. “Amid the threat of a third wave, the task of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) to reduce stunting rates
A travel bubble will be implemented for MotoGP Indonesia 2022, which will take place at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, from March 18–20, 2022, the organizers said. Deputy director of the Mandalika Grand Prix Association (MGPA), Cahyadi Wanda, said that the travel bubble will
Chief of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has said he will meet President Joko Widodo soon to convince him of the importance of ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “I offer to convince the President on the importance to have this Optional Protocol
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said she is optimistic that Indonesia’s economy will show higher growth in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the year-ago period despite the increase in Omicron infections. “We are quite optimistic that our economy in the first quarter of 2022 will not be