Malaria is found scattered throughout the islands, especially in eastern Indonesia. Each year about 2.5 million people died, mostly children under five years old. Recently, malaria remains a cause of death of infants, toddlers and pregnant women. It also decreases productivity of infected person and tend to increase over the year. The plasmodium infection causes immune response of host whic…
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common disease caused by human enterovirus (HEV). The symptoms and signs of infection among children typically present with vesicular exanthema on the soles of their feet, the palms of their hands and in their mouths, causing discomfort and feeding difficulties. The disease is caused by mainly Coxsackie virus A16 (CVA16) serotype. It has recently be…
ABSTRACT Flood hit frequently in many places in Indonesia. One of the main causal factors is the lack of rainwater and wastewater absorption areas as the impact of land surface which are blocked by buildings and roads. On the other side, there is a problem about the decrease of groundwater deposit. Both problems may give disadvantage for people' health, environment and worsen the economi…
ABSTRACT 'Group Therapy' is intervention model to prevent risk factors of Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD). This model aims to control risk factors of CVD by modifications food pattern (fat, fiber and salt), nutritional status indicators which are Basal Metabolic Index (BUT) and Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR), a blood pressurea blood cholesterol level, the physical activities and smoking. The ai…