Female Workers: We Need Protection!
Written by: Sarah Nadiah, HERHealth Project Coordinator, FMCH Indonesia Every April 28, since 1995, has been celebrated as the International Workers’ Day which aims to honor workers who are victims of occupational accidents and diseases. Moving on to 2003, the International Labor Organization (ILO) declared that on April 28, apart from respecting workers who were […]
Water and Health
Written by: Health and Education Promotion Coordinator of FMCH Indonesia, Aris Gunawan World Water Day is an annual celebration to encourage people’s awareness about the importance of clean and accessible water. Every year, this celebration takes a particular theme. In 2009, the theme was Shared Water, Shared Opportunities. Ten years later, in 2019, the committee […]
20 years Journey of FMCH Indonesia, Efforts to Accomplish Integrative Health
Written by Helga Dyah, Program Manager and Brigita Rumung, Media & Communications Officer The Founders’ Story Health is a precious thing which we should all treasure. It does not matter how much money you have in your bank, ill-health can affect anyone. We have seen it clearly during the current COVID pandemic–anyone, no matter how […]
Happy Pregnancy Class at Fenun and Kualeu Village: A Safe Birth and A Comfort Puerperium
This month, we have conducted the first two ‘Happy Pregnancy Class’ for this year. Those classes were running at two villages: Fenun and Kualeu. Both are small villages located in Amanatun Selatan sub-district, Timo Tengah Selatan regency, Nusa Tenggara Timur province. The street access to these two villages is very challenging. You will find a […]
The Importance of Infant and Child Feeding to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia
Written by:Sarah Nadiah Hanifah Rusdi, S.Gz, Nutritionist & HERProject Officer FMCH Indonesia Anemia is not an uncommon disease in our life. The reality, anemia has still become a serious and widespread public health problem, including in Indonesia. Globally, anemia affects approximately one-third of the world’s population and over 800 million women and children. Based on […]
Happy New Year 2021, FMCH Indonesia Family!
This year, 2020, was a year unlike any other, a year of extraordinary challenges for all of us. To deal with this uncertain situation, we have to be more creative to make sure our program could be done on track. We started to make something different than other years before. We made virtual talks called […]
Measuring the Role of Mothers and Family Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic Period.
The appeal to “Stay at Home” demands that women work even harder (double burden). They divide their time between work, teaching their children and managing the family economy in order to survive amid a pandemic. A housewife suddenly must be a teacher for her children with demands to master all school subjects and helping to […]
Midwives training for Pregnancy Class: Pandemic doesn’t Matter!
The maternal and child mortality rates in Indonesia are still high. Based on the data presented by ICIFPRH Committee Coordinator, MeiwitaBudhiharsan, the rate is 302 per 1000 live birth (data 2018-2019). Mortality rates are affected not only by physical health factors but also mental health factors during pregnancy. Thus, FMCH Indonesia initiated a pregnancy class […]
FMCH Indonesia Distribute Five Hundred Cloth Mask to the East Indonesia
The spread of the COVID virus has reached all provinces in Indonesia including East Nusa Tenggara Province. Even though COVID cases are not too high in NTT, the local Government continues to give advice to the community to abide by the Covid19 preventative health protocols to continue to use cloth masks and maintaining cleanliness. The […]
Good Communications Generate Good Generations
Virtual training session Foundation for Mother and Child Health Indonesia with Farida Ayu Erikawati collaborated with USANA Foundation. Wednesday, October 14, 2020 The collaborative sessions between FMCH Indonesia and USANA Foundation are still continuing! Previously, we conducted a virtual class about the importance of ASI. Then, on October 14th, 2020, a virtual class was successfully […]
