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Indonesia observes World Malaria Daya in Bengkulu

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BENGKULU -- Indonesia observed World Malaria Day in Seluma District, Bengkulu Province, on Monday in the presence of Health Minister Nila Moeloek.The minister said one way of controlling the spread of malaria was to conserve the mangrove ecosystem, which was "home" to the anopheles mosquitoes that carry the malaria virus."If the habitats (mangrove ecosystems) of anopheles mosquito are...

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Indonesia needs to stem malnutrition urgently: Official

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MAKASSAR -- Despite every effort has been made to reduce malnutrition, Indonesia is currently in a nutrition emergency zone, the Health Ministry's Nutrition Director Doddy Izwardy, said."Out of 117 countries, Indonesia is facing a nutrition emergency, which would have three associated impacts on children," Doddy remarked in the South Sulawesi provincial city of Makassar on Saturday.He pointed out...