HEALTH CARE

Retinal nerve detachment or what is known in medical terms as ablasio retinal is an emergency where the thin tissue (retina) located at the back of the eye is separated from its normal position. This condition can cause permanent blindness if not treated immediately. 

Rest and sleep are the needs of all living creatures, especially humans. However, some people cannot get the maximum benefit from their sleep time because they experience sleep disorders. Adults need up to seven hours of sleep a day. Not just the duration, the quality of sleep determines how well the body gets rest. Difficult conditions or frequent disturbances during sleep can make the body unfit. 

Jakarta, IO - The Health Ministry (Kemenkes) is preparing about 2,000 health service posts manned about 15,000 personnel ahead of the Christmas and New Year holiday. Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said this is part...

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” An important implication of this definition is that mental health is more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.

With the circulation of this, the 297th edition of Independent Observer, we are all facing the last week of 2023. The final week of the year is customarily a school holiday, coinciding with Christmas and New Year 2024. Generally, families in Indonesia plan holiday trips outside the city to visit relatives, where possible, bucking a gigantic traffic flow. 

In Indonesia, Integrated Service Posts (Posyandu) play an important role in improving the quality of maternal and child health. Posyandu provides routine health services to children, such as immunizations, weighing, measuring height, and other health checks. These efforts help identify health problems early and provide appropriate interventions. 

There has recently been an increase in Covid-19 case numbers in several Southeast Asian countries, namely Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. In Indonesia, data from the DKI Jakarta Health Service, after zero deaths in October and November 2023, as of December 12, two Covid-19 positive patients with comorbidities were recorded to have died. 

Approaching the end of year holidays, after working hard for almost a whole year, it's time to unwind by going on holiday with friends, family, and partners. The moment you look forward to going on a trip or year-end holiday, but cannot avoid consuming foods that contain high calories and contain lots of sugar.

For more than five decades, dengue, or what is known as “dengue hemorrhagic fever” (DHF) has become a health problem in many parts of the world. To date, dengue infections are still not well controlled, as evidenced by the significant increase in incidence rates in Indonesia and abroad. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the management of dengue control programs. 

The world was shocked by the news of increasing cases of pneumonia in Denmark, England, and several European countries, following hundreds of cases in China in October 2023. Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lungs caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. It is historically one of the main health problems in Southeast Asia. New cases vary, at around 1.5 to 14 cases per 1,000 population. In the general population, the mortality rate among hospitalized patients is reported to be 7.6%. 

The burden of cancer continues to increase. WHO's latest publication "Setting Priorities, Investing Wisely & Providing Care for All" states that one in six deaths in the world is caused by cancer. Cancer cases in 2018 reached 18.1 million and will increase to 29.4 million in 2040. Meanwhile, the death rate in lower-middle-income countries is expected to remain high, far from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target.