Indonesia is at third rank as country having a large number of people with pulmonary-tuberculosis disease after India and China. Low nutritional status, unhealthy lifestyle, poor living condition, and low consumption of natural sources of antioxidant (fruits, vegetables and herbs) can decrease immunity sistem and increase the risk of pulmonary-tuberculosis (pulmonary-TB) infection. The study ai…
Medan Labuan Health Centre has the highest number of severe underweight children among the other health centrein Medan City, North Sumatera Province. The study performed to analyze the implementation of children undernutrition improvement programme. This research is descriptive qualitative study conducted in February-May 2009. The subjects of the research are head of health centre, nutritionist…
lodine Deficiency Disorder is stil/ one of nutritional problems in lndonesia. The Impact of iodine deficiency disorder is in the physical and mental growth and development which in the long rung will decrease the quality of human resources. Clinical manifestation of iodine deficiency disorders are goiter and cretinism. Cretinism was stil/ found in the newborn in the District of Purworejo. To de…
Dengue virus infection not always cause dengue hemorrhagicfever in humans because it depends on other factors. one of which is the immune system that affected by nutritional status and age. This study aims la determine the relationship of nutritional status and age on the dengue virus infection status. The study was conducted in Cirebon regency with cross sectional design. The height (Ind weig…
Background: Accessibility of health services in primary health centers and its networks in remote, border, and islands areas is stilllow as the government has attempted to supply the needs of facility and infrastructure. Methods: This study is observational, located on the primary health centre of Sajingan Besar, which is one of primary health centers in the Sambas District in West Kalimantan…
Background: Malnutrition is the major public health problem among the underfive years old children as a predisposing cause of child mortality especially at the district of Garut, West Java. Malnutrition and diseases are inter-rela ting factors affecting children nutritional status and mortality This study was done to analyze public health problems focusing on mothers and children's health relat…