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.
Health
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.
Indonesia is stepping up efforts to protect people with mental health conditions by affording national agencies new powers to monitor…
Walking through rural Indonesia, it’s not uncommon to see primary school children smoking cigarettes.
With less than 1000 psychiatrists and roughly 500 clinical psychologists for a population of 260 million, more focus is needed to combat poor mental health among Indonesia’s youth
Jakarta residents took to social media on Wednesday to figure out how to get around the restrictions, including strategies such as changing car plates and buying more cars.
More people are eating more processed foods and foods high in salt, sugar and saturated fat. As a result, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke are becoming major health concerns in middle-income countries, including Indonesia.
Indonesia could certainly do with a boost to public health. Around 75m of its 189m adults smoke, according to the World Bank, a higher number than in any other country bar China and India.
When the then-vice governor of Jakarta, Sandiaga Uno, acknowledged that some members of his family have sought mental health care … this public admission was seen as a positive step.
