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Ignorance that kills

Ignorance that kills
Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies

A healthcare revolution in the regions

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?

Medicine for a sick system

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

Rosser - smoking
Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back

A terrible legacy

A terrible legacy
Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century

The triumph of jamu

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

Expectant fathers

Expectant fathers
Men should be more involved in maternal and newborn health care

Supporting mothers-to-be

Supporting mothers-to-be
Community facilitators improve maternal and child health in Lombok

Charting Indonesia's health

Charting Indonesia's health
Systematic research paves the way for better strategies to improve health outcomes

Doctors in training

Doctors in training
  Better assessment could provide the answer to problems caused by the rapid expansion of places available in Indonesian public medical schools

The addiction cycle

The addiction cycle
Photo-essay: Drug users in Jakarta are trapped in a deadly equation

The right to choose

The right to choose
Indonesian activists keep fighting to have abortion decriminalised

Ponari and the sorcerer's stone

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

No positive news

No positive news
People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system

Staying clean

Staying clean
Drug rehabilitation in Indonesia

Papuan romance

Papuan romance
New norms about love and marriage alter the rules for the young

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?
This edition of Inside Indonesia marks an important anniversary, and explores the multiple faces of Indonesian Papua today

Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms
Papuan footballers score goals against HIV.

Underground and at risk

Underground and at risk
Men who have sex with men in urban Papua.

Buffalo-induced malaria

Buffalo-induced malaria
An Indonesian medical doctor reflects on rural health practices

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