A study by Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency has sparked a squabble in the world's largest Muslim nation, after it suggested the drug might be useful in the alternative fuel or agri

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The majority of the country's population has suffered depression of some form in the last year, says the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI).

Jakarta – Nearly half the residents of Indonesia's remote Papua province have never heard of HIV/AIDS despite the virus' prevalence there being 15 times the national average, a new inte

Jakarta – Civilians in Indonesia's Aceh, which was wracked by a long-running civil conflict, suffer high rates of mental trauma that could trigger more violence, a report said Friday.

Jakarta – Many people in Indonesia's Aceh province remain traumatised two years after a peace deal ended almost three decades of war and if left untreated could trigger violence, a repo

Jakarta – A no-show by city officials meant the first meeting between the city council and the administration to discuss the dengue fever bylaw had to be postponed Tuesday.

Dili – Timor Leste President Xanana Gusmao expressed the gratitude of the nation s authorities and people Tuesday, for Cuba s medical and educational cooperation.

Sebastian Berger, Dili – Her belly swollen with her seventh child, Fernanda Sarmento paced the corridors of Dili's National Hospital as she waited to give birth.

Jakarta – Religious leaders including an HIV/AIDS-infected Anglican reverend pledged Monday to work together to take an active role in the prevention and fight against HIV/AIDS.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Sumedang – The Institute of Public Administration (IPDN) has been rocked by further reports of violence, with allegations that a freshman attacked four other students

Jakarta – National AIDS Commission secretary Nafsiah Mboi expressed concern Friday over the increasing number of housewives being infected with HIV/AIDS.

Havana – Cuban doctors serving in East Timor have already made more than one million patient consultations, reported Dr.

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Widespread infection of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in prisons has resulted in the deaths of two young men incarcerated in Tangerang Youth Penitenti

Jakarta – A total of 13 million children under the age of five in Indonesia suffer from chronic malnutrition, says the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

Margie Mason, Denpasar – Bird flu has largely flown off the radar of the Western world, but people are still dying from it nearly every week in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The city's dengue fever prevention program is progressing slowly, with East Jakarta residents reportedly preventing dengue fever prevention teams, which monitor mosquito larva

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – An obsolete approach that sees drug users treated like criminals instead of victims is the main cause of overcrowding and HIV/AIDS related deaths in prisons,

Jakarta – The majority of deaths in the country's prisons are caused by HIV/AIDS, authorities said Tuesday.

Emmy Fitri, Jakarta – One may well wonder whatever happened to public health and social services for it is still easy to see beggars with missing arms, legs or fingers at the traffic li

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Overcrowding and poor sanitation at Tangerang Penitentiary (LP Pemuda) are said to be the main causes of the deaths of 50 inmates over the past four months.

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – Like any other ordinary household, the Presidential Palace also faces common problems that affect other homes.

Jakarta – While Indonesia has reached the 2005 global cure rate target for tuberculosis, it still remains the most deadly communicable disease in the country, particularly in eastern re

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Tens of thousands of malnourished children in East Nusa Tenggara will be at risk of marasmus if attention is not given to the matter by the government and rela

Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection urged the House of Representatives on Tuesday to pressure the government to restrict the sale of single cigarettes, in a bid to pr

Jakarta – Indonesia faces a growing AIDS problem – particularly among drug users and prostitutes – while a recent survey shows two percent of the Papua population infected with HIV, the

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – The government needs to speed up the distribution of HIV antiretroviral medicine throughout Indonesia to help people with HIV/AIDS, an activist said Monday.

Jakarta – This year's dengue fever outbreak will be harder to manage than previous outbreaks due to significant increases in the total number of sufferers, the Health Minister said Frid

Lucy Williamson, Jakarta – Jakarta's first poultry patrol was anything but a surprise to the residents of Kemayoran district.

Jakarta – Indonesia is doing all it can to fight bird flu, the welfare minister said on Friday, a day after officials announced the country's 63rd death from the virus.

Adisti Sukma Sawitri, Jakarta – Rusmiyati, a matron at Tarakan Hospital in Central Jakarta, has routinely requested leave in the first quarter of the year, after most of her friends go

The HIV/AIDS harm reduction program at Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, West Java, has been operating now for more than two years.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An increasing amount of blood donated at the Jayapura Red Cross' transfusion unit in Papua is being found to be contaminated with HIV, an official said We

Nabiha Shahab, Jakarta – Bird flu has killed two young women in Indonesia, officials have said, taking fatalities this week to four in the country worst-hit by a disease scientists say

Hera Diani, Jakarta – When avian influenza became a major global issue in 2006, some foreign health experts thought it was over hyped.

Anissa S. Febrina, Jakarta – A friend in need is a friend indeed, the saying goes.

Ian Timberlake, Banda Aceh – Civilians in Indonesia's Aceh province show levels of combat-related stress, depression and anxiety comparable with those in Afghanistan and Bosnia, researc

Tony Hotland and Hera Diani, Jakarta – The next time someone advises you against using a condom, tell them the Vice President ordered you to.

Aceh/Bandung/Makassar – As people living with HIV/AIDS observed World AIDS Day on Friday with events around the country, there were calls for greater recognition, an end to discriminati

Jakarta – Indonesia is responding to the sharp increase in HIV prevalence among injecting drug users by issuing a new national policy that will legally settle the harm-reduction debate.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Drug users and small-time dealers fill the country's jails, but an eight-time convict says putting drug users in prison will not help them kick the habit.

Jakarta – People living with HIV/AIDS still encounter stigma in various ways including discrimination, rejection and avoidance, even from medical workers, who often lack knowledge of th

John Loizou, Dili - The contrast between the physical presence of Cuba and the rest of the world in East Timor is as stark as the difference in the philosophies that divide them.

Dili – Timor Leste Prime Minister Jose Ramon Horta expressed gratitude to Cuba on Monday for providing medical training to almost 500 young people from that small insular Southeast Asia

Semarang – The number of people infected with tuberculosis has reached at least 34,761 in Central Java, an official said Monday.

Jakarta – The effectiveness of the government's plan to cage fowls in residential areas as a move to curb the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus has been met with skepticism.

John M. Glionna, Sukadamai – These days, the forlorn widow never leaves her tiny shack in this bustling island village.

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – The death toll in Indonesia from bird flu rose to 55 after officials confirmed that a 27-year-old woman who died last week was infected with the virus.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Medical experts warned Tuesday that Indonesia's rising suicide rate was representative of the declining level of mental health in the country.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The tug-of-war between the government and the powerful pharmaceutical industry over drug price rationalization and labeling is raging on, with only a small percent

Shinta Shinaga, Jakarta – Female circumcision is indeed already a tradition in Indonesia.