Indonesia’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency has called for tougher regulations for the use of scientifically unproven additives in e-cigarettes, after vaping-related deaths in the US.
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Kicking the rice habit isn’t easy, with nasi goreng sold everywhere, and the grain woven into the culinary fabric of a nation whose late dictator transformed it into a must-have meal.
Now, Indonesia produces so much black-market mercury that it has become a major global supplier, surreptitiously shipping thousands of tons to other parts of the world.
“The premium increase might force many subscribers to become inactive or to downgrade to a lower class… This may actually cause income to fall for JKN.”
Indonesia’s 50-year-old family planning program has been a great success but is struggling to adapt with women’s needs
The research was based on a trial in Indonesia, where patients often do not get the treatment they need due to a shortage of practitioners.
LEI and 2 leading Indonesian universities will join to facilitate joint eye research and the teaching and exchange of clinicians and researchers.
Though psychiatric treatment in the country is improving, a limited understanding of mental health issues, and entrenched social stigma make it a challenge for the country’s mentally ill to seek help or even sympathy.
Australia has long since banned the use and import of deadly asbestos. But on our doorstep, builders and factories across Indonesia are still using asbestos in massive volumes, oblivious to the danger.
The study revealed that the top five markets with the most insurance potential in the life sector are China, the US, India, Indonesia, and Russia.
Indonesia’s state health insurer will raise regular customers’ premiums; the government will help to cover this year’s US$2.3 billion shortfall.
Ivan from the Bandung-based band Kontrasosial spread the message that ‘people who use drugs should not be put in prison. That is not a solution. It makes much more sense for money to go toward the health of society’.
In Indonesia, the world’s second-largest cigarette market, the government has yet to put in place policies to prevent youths from taking up vaping.
“We are concerned about health, [and] we [also] have to pay attention to farmers and cigarette workers… and guard against a rise in illegal cigarettes.”
PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, a unit of Philip Morris International Inc., led a decline among Indonesian cigarette makers after the government announced a plan to raise excise tariffs…
Indonesia will raise the minimum price of cigarettes by more than a third from January next year, as part of the government’s efforts to reduce smoking rates.
