Category: Health
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Keresahan Penderita Vitiligo Menanggung Beban Berat: Aib dan Diskriminasi
Vitiligo belum menjadi sorotan utama bagi sebagian kalangan di Indonesia. Sebagian orang tidak menyadari adanya perubahan zat warna atau pigmen kulit pada tubuh manusia, yang disebabkan oleh vitiligo, penyakit kulit yang mengakibatkan hilangnya produksi melanin pada lapisan kulit. Vitiligo berasal dari kata vittelius, yang berarti anak sapi, dan merujuk pada kelainan yang menyebabkan bercak putih…
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Government Not Serious in Recovering Cinangka Village from B3 Waste Pollution
Kompas Pagi Alfred Sitorus, KPBB Program Coordinator, explained that only some of the B3 wastehad been cleaned up, and it would take a long time to restore Cinangka Village if thegovernment were not serious. We carried out an independent test to determine the levelof lead in the water in Cinangka Village by taking samples in…
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Cinangka Village Residents Still Affected by Lead Waste from Illegal Fire Burning
Kompas Pagi Slag from the illegal industry of smelting used batteries are still piled up around residential areas in Cinangka Village, Ciampea, Bogor Regency, West Java. Slag is waste in the form of lumps, which is dangerous because it contains lead. So how is the remaining hazardous waste regulated, and what impact does it have?…
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Microplastic Threat to Fish in Jakarta Waters
Kompas Pagi Indonesia needs help dealing with the leakage of plastic waste into its waters. Thispollution causes a severe problem, namely microplastics contained in the bodies ofmarine biota. As the second largest fish exporting country after China, microplasticscould become a global time bomb that threatens human health.
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Air Pollution Threatens Jakarta’s Air Quality Does Not Meet Children’s Ecological Rights!
Kompas Pagi The resident appealed to all his staff to immediately document the poor air quality in theJabodetabek area in a limited meeting at the State Palace on 14 August 2023. Variousextraordinary policies were immediately launched to implement the president’s appeal, starting from using electric vehicles, working from home, or working from home toweather engineering.…
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Government Efforts to Build Health Service Integration: What are the Challenges?
Kompas Pagi Primary Health Services (PKP) are the first services accessed at first contact by thecommunity and essential services needed by the community. This program is aimed atall residents in large cities and remote areas of the country. Puskesmas is included in the primary health targets and is the health facility closest tothe community. Remote…
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Microplastic Threat to Fish in Jakarta Waters PART II
Kompas Pagi Indonesia needs help dealing with the leakage of plastic waste into its waters. Thispollution causes a severe problem, namely microplastics contained in the bodies ofmarine biota. As the second largest fish exporting country after China, microplasticscould become a global time bomb that threatens human health.
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Residents still complain about sewage-smelling tap water, and the Ministry of Health responds.
Kompas Pagi DKI Jakarta is the province with the most slum households in urban areas. Asthe capital city and business center, it still has problems with adequate water andsanitation facilities in informal settlements. According to BPS data in 2020, the numberof slum households in the capital city reached 22.07 percent.
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A Look at the Urgency of Drafting a Perpres on Healthy Districts/Cities in Indonesia
Kompas Pagi Several challenges were faced in passing the Perpres on healthy districts/cities. ThePresidential Regulation on Healthy Districts/Cities follows the previous regulation,namely the Joint Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of HealthNo. 34/2005 on implementing Healthy Cities. Several indicators must be included in theKKS assessment, including smoke-free areas. Pandemic covid 19…
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Exploring the Impact of Pollution on Women, Potential Impact on the Reproductive System?
Kompas Pagi Air pollution causes various health problems, such as asthma, lung cancer, stroke, heartdisease, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases. It doesn’t stop there. One study inChina published by the Environmental International Journal in 2021 explained anincrease in infertility in areas with an average PM 2.5 concentration of 56.8 microgramsper cubic meter. This Kompas…