101 East - Indonesia's Health - 5 Feb 09 - Part 1

Indonesia is reforming healthcare but it still has high infant mortality and virulent diseases. 101 East takes the pulse of Indonesias health.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Al Jazeera
• 101 East
• Indonesia
• health care
• reforms
• medicine
• disease
• infant mortality

[jankren]

First thing Indonesia needs to do is REDUCE POPULATION GROWTH!

Then we build the economy and the population growth can grow again along with the growth of economy.

[jankren]

Yeah, its always in accordance to the culture of the place.

[RoniCMaster]

@jankren Population growth is already being controlled. Around 400,000 Indonesians died early every year from smoking-related illnesses. This is thanks in large part to the government effort at keeping little regulations on tobacco companies and maintaining small taxes. The government is already doing their part in reducing population growth through attrition. Additionally, the subsidizing of contraception to women have been largely successful. Everything else will come with economic progress.

[JeromeLeong]

@_@

[laicheong]

shit.. i better not get sick when i go there

[Bennsen26]

Al Jazeera always manages to find stylish places to interview their guests. I just noticed. I like it.

[manhattanwombat]

they need to get rid of the corruption so that the government can effectively provide for the sick

[rbismo]

parah