Healthy Indonesia week begins<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A coalition on Healthy Indonesia in cooperation
\nwith the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and John Hopkins
\nUniversity will launch a program called \"Saving Women's Lives\",
\nwhich aims at reducing the maternal mortality rate in the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
The one-week campaign, starting next Monday, will feature
\nseveral seminars on the female reproductive system, the family
\nplanning program, early detection of uterine and breast cancer as
\nwell as violence toward women, a release from the coalition said
\non Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Fifty-two percent of the country's 210 million population are
\nwomen and there is an average of five million pregnancies per
\nyear with about 18,000 to 20,000 deaths due to complications
\nduring pregnancy and childbirth, Ministry of Health data reveals.<\/p>\n
Four out of 10 babies die in the first week of life, the data
\nsays.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's infant mortality rate is still very high, an
\naverage of 300 deaths per 100,000 live births.<\/p>\n
The campaign will start with free health consultations at
\nSiloam Gleneagles Hospital in Karawaci, Tangerang, and talks on
\nvarious health issues such as on family planning and the
\nreproductive system.<\/p>\n
On the same day, an open clinic that is also free to the
\npublic will also take place at the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in
\nCentral Jakarta from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Along with the open health services, a seminar on \"Saving
\nWomen's Lives\" at the Hilton Hotel will feature Minister of
\nWomen's Empowerment Khofifah Indar Parawansa, woman activist Rita
\nSerena Kalibonso and health expert Gulardi H. Wiknjosastro.<\/p>\n
From Saturday to Nov. 11, there will be a media campaign on
\nHealthy Indonesia which will include interviews and talk shows on
\ntelevision and over 100 radio stations as well as print media
\nreports on women's issues.<\/p>\n
The coalition was established in July 1998 and comprises
\nindividuals and independent institutions. (edt)<\/p>",
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