Health

Pieter Bastiaan van Steenis’ report on the 1918 influenza pandemic in Java is a rare and detailed account by a colonial health official who experienced its horrors first-hand

An anonymous Javanese text written in response to the flu epidemic of 1918-19, offers its audiences eerily familiar lessons for surviving a pandemic

Featuring translations and analysis of rare texts, including the revival of an early 20th century Javanese wayang play, this edition illustrates the multi-faceted ways in which pandemics affect us and how a conversation between the science of epidemiology and public health, drama and translation are interwoven in interesting and sometimes surprising ways.

What can be done to prevent suffering in Indonesia?

Sebuah refleksi dari penelitian bersama sembilan penyintas Kekerasan Berbasis Gender Online (KBGO)

A reflection from research with survivors of Online Gender-based Violence (Kekerasan Berbasis Gender Online/KBGO)

Why has the government failed to do more to adopt health policies consistent with the right to health?

How has Indonesia’s quest for longer and healthier lives for its people unfolded in the past and present, and what does this mean for the future?

In 2015 Indonesia signed up the the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to reduce its high rate of maternal mortality. Little progress has been made.

Treating mental health in Indonesia

A long search for a cure for beriberi in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century was led by trial and a lot of error

In the absence of reliable government information, citizens are stepping up to share local stories on COVID-19 and keep each other informed about the state of the pandemic

Mixed messaging from government about COVID-19 has left rumours and competing narratives to fill the information void, fuelling mistrust

HIV-related stigma and is making access to healthcare during the pandemic difficult

Indonesia lags behind many countries in taxing high sugar drinks

The demand for support for children with ASD is growing, but a lack of data and research means services remain woefully inadequate

Book clubs and creative communities have headed online where they provide Jakartans with vital connections and solace during the pandemic

Distrust in doctors’ decision making around c-sections is a key cause of Papuans’ avoidance of hospitals

Tim peneliti internasional memetakan arah perubahan