OBJECTIVES To establish the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and sexual risk behaviour among three groups of men who have sex with men in Jakarta, Indonesia, and to investigate sexual links between these men and broader heterosexual populations. METHODS Anonymous, cross sectional surveys among community recruited transgender and male sex workers and self recognised men who have sex with men (MSM)...

BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined the attitude of medical practitioners towards the availability of emergency contraception (EC) without prescription. In Indonesia, EC (either Yuzpe regimen or Postinor-2) is available by prescription only. We aimed to examine the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical practitioners in Indonesia about EC, in particular their attitudes to the ...

This study examines the growth of population and the changing structure of employment in four megacities in South-East and East Asia: Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila and Taipei over the 1980-1990 period. As all these megacities have influenced the population and employment structure in a region extending well beyond their official boundaries, three zones are defined for each megacity: the metropolitan...

This study is a part of a one year prospective study on dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) carried out in the Department of Pediatrics, Sumber Waras Hospital in West Jakarta. Viral isolation and serologic analysis for DHF were done by Namru-2 in Jakarta. The subjects were 151 virologically confirmed DHF Patients admitted to the Department of Pediatrics during the period of September 1987-June 1988,...

The 4th International Conference on Health PromotionÐNew Players for a New Era: Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century, meeting in Jakarta from 21 to 25 July 1997 has come at a critical moment in the development of international strategies for health. It is almost 20 years since the World Health Organization's member states made an ambitious commitment to a global strategy for Health fo...

The food and nutrition situation in households of East Jakarta was assessed in 1993/1994 and 1998/1999 with the aim of identifying the determinants of potential problems and the dynamics of change. In 1993/1994, the nutritional status of approximately 73% of children under 5 years of age and 60% of mothers was within the normal range, although underweight and overweight were prevalent in almost...

Objectives: To establish the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, and sexual risk behaviour among three groups of men who have sex with men in Jakarta, Indonesia, and to investigate sexual links between these men and broader heterosexual populations. Methods: Anonymous, cross sectional surveys among community recruited transgender and male sex workers and self recognised men who have sex with men (MSM)...

Children attending schools in urban areas with high traffic density are a high risk group for lead poisoning. We assessed the magnitude of lead exposure in schoolchildren from Jakarta by analyzing blood lead concentrations and biomarkers of heme biosynthesis. A total of 131 children from four public elementary schools in Jakarta (two in the southern district and two in the central district) wer...

Secondhand smoke exposure (SHS) causes a disproportionate health burden for children, yet existing smoke-free laws are often poorly enforced. We monitored air quality while observing children and adult nonsmokers present in public venues during Ramadan, a period of Muslim religious observance marked by family and social gatherings, in Jakarta, Indonesia. A repeated-measures design was used to a...

Turner syndrome (TS) is the most common sex chromosome abnormality of female, occurs in one in 2500 live-born females. TS combines’ characteristic physical features with complete or partial absence of the X chromosomes, frequently accompanied by cell mosaicsm. The aims of this study is to describe the clinical phenotype and karyotype of patient with Turner Syndrome in Jakarta, Indonesia. Data w...