Health
The middle of nowhere
Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlements
A new model for mental health care?
Mental health services have been seriously neglected in Indonesia, but emergency responses to the Aceh tsunami and conflict have led to new ways of thinking
Medicine for a sick system
Healthcare in Indonesia suffers from many chronic problems that only healthier politics can cure
Where there’s smoke, there’s politics
Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back
Ignorance that kills
Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies
A healthcare revolution in the regions
Regional governments around Indonesia are devising new and ambitious free healthcare schemes for their electorates, but to what end?
The triumph of jamu
European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time
Doctors in training
Better assessment could provide the answer to problems caused by the rapid expansion of places available in Indonesian public medical schools
Ponari and the sorcerer's stone
A little boy’s miracle-working throws light on the workings of the Indonesian state and the hunger for salvation amongst ordinary people
West Papua: Inside Indonesia?
The demand for sustainable timber is colliding with the needs of Central Java farmers
Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom
Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery
Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past
The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror
