Govt promotes 'Yes and No' lifestyle<\/p>\n
Celebrating National Health Day in Jakarta on Tuesday,
\nMinister of Health Achmad Sujudi launched a national health
\ncampaign by urging the public to say \"yes\" to what it has
\nidentified as four healthy habits and \"no\" to four bad ones.<\/p>\n
Sujudi also urged the public to say \"yes\" to regular physical
\nworkouts, eating nutritious food, controlling stress and
\nprotecting the environment.<\/p>\n
In addition, people should say \"no\" to smoking, drinking
\nalcohol drinks or liquor, using drugs and sex before marriage.<\/p>\n
During the celebration, Minister Sujudi also explained that
\nhis office had produced a guidance book for a healthy life.<\/p>\n
\"If everyone follows the guide, we can achieve our target for
\nHealthy Indonesia 2010, and that would be a milestone for us,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He urged non-governmental organizations and regional
\nadministrations to help promote healthy lifestyles for the
\npublic.<\/p>\n
On the same occasion, the minister also cautioned people over
\na possible outbreak of dengue fever during this time of climatic
\ntransition from the dry to the rainy season.<\/p>\n
Sujudi said that people should start cleaning up their
\nsurroundings to prevent the Aedes aegepty mosquito, which caused
\ndengue fever, from breeding.<\/p>\n
The recent outbreak of dengue fever reported in the West
\nKalimantan capital of Pontianak, claimed at least 18 lives.<\/p>\n
A total 1,140 dengue fever cases were discovered in the area
\nover the past 10 months, with a sharp increase in the first week
\nof November, at 82 cases.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Health has recorded that dengue fever attacks
\n16 people per 100,000 of the population. -- JP<\/p>",
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