A case-control study was done in Indramayu, West Java, about the association between housing characteristics, indoor air pollution and childhood Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI)-pneumonia. Using the Respirable Suspended Particulate (RSP), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (SO), formaldehyde (HCHO) and amonia (NH3) as determinants of indoor air pollutants, mites as …
Acute respiratory infection primary cough and rapid breathing is a common cause of morbidity and health among children under five years age. According to the Diretorate General of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of health, incidence of acute respiratory infection is 10 percent. The National Household Survey indicate that 25.2 percent of infant deaths were caused by this disease. The Obj…
In the Demographic and Health Survey, the life pregnancy histories of adult sisters were collected from respondents, and the sisterhood method was used to estimate the life time risks and maternal mortality rations, referring to the time period of 12 years before the survey. Maternal mortality level in Indonesia is found to be high as compared to other ASEAN countries although the family planni…