Health

Panas dalam can kill, but it can also be cured by a phone call

Papua’s rural lowlands are being transformed by an encroaching global economy, but what happens to the people there is an open question

Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlements

As infectious diseases spread, strategic governance becomes ever more important

Rebuilding trust in doctors will be an important part of Aceh’s post-conflict recovery

Mental health services have been seriously neglected in Indonesia, but emergency responses to the Aceh tsunami and conflict have led to new ways of thinking

Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies

Regional governments around Indonesia are devising new and ambitious free healthcare schemes for their electorates, but to what end?

Healthcare in Indonesia suffers from many chronic problems that only healthier politics can cure

Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back

Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century

European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time

Men should be more involved in maternal and newborn health care

Community facilitators improve maternal and child health in Lombok

Systematic research paves the way for better strategies to improve health outcomes

  Better assessment could provide the answer to problems caused by the rapid expansion of places available in Indonesian public medical schools

Photo-essay: Drug users in Jakarta are trapped in a deadly equation

Indonesian activists keep fighting to have abortion decriminalised

A little boy’s miracle-working throws light on the workings of the Indonesian state and the hunger for salvation amongst ordinary people