Posts with tag: public health

Sex education and swimming pools: child commissioner’s blunder shows need for change
Education, Policies, Public health, SocietyA laughable claim about the danger of falling pregnant in swimming pools raises serious concerns about the state of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Indonesia, writes SurveyMETER’s Dwi Oktarina

Can Bali become a paradise for ageing?
Policies, Policy in Focus, Public healthAs Indonesia’s population ages, researchers are looking into better evidence-based policies for the elderly. Riska Dwi Astuti shares findings from an ‘elderly- and dementia-friendly community’ in Bali.

What is Jokowi planning to do about stunting?
Aid & Development, Elections, Policies, Policy in Focus, Politics, Public healthStunting due to malnutrition and other factors poses threats to Indonesia’s human and economic development. So what is the re-elected president promising to do about it? Nur Fitri Widya Astuti gives some pointers for a better way forward.

Cooking under pressure: how the poor juggle food prices
Analysis, Economy, Elections, Policy in Focus, Public health, SocietyVolatile food prices make headlines during Ramadan, but poor households struggle with them year-round, writes Rachma Indah Nurbani.

It’s complicated: heterosexual relations and the spread of HIV
Policy in Focus, Public healthApproaches to HIV elimination need to change in light of growing rates of transmission outside key populations, writes Lydia Verina Wongso.


