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 […]