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maternal mortality ratio in Indonesia has so far remained relatively high, reaching 228 / 100 live births.

“It is known based on the demographic health survey of Indonesia (IDHS) in 2007,” said the director of Survival Mother Baby and Child National Family Planning Coordinating Board (BKKBN) perinagatan Wicaksono while attending the National Family Day (Harganas) 2010 level of Bengkulu province, Wednesday (7 / 7 / 2010).

The high maternal mortality rate is because society is still felt not be guaranteed to live in the birth process, particularly for residents who live far from the place of medical delivery. However, he said, the risk of maternal mortality in the country is going to be repressed by the government as small as possible by providing a variety of health insurance for the community.

In 2015 the risks to the mother mlahirkan 102/100 live births will decline, the figure is far from the results of the 2007 IDHS. The high figure is due to a lack of knowledge on the health of the womb of pregnant women and infants.

Maternal death in childbirth can also be caused health in infants in the womb, he said. Bengkulu provincial government to address these issues will improve health and increase medical and health facilities.

“We will be scheduled health and family planning programs a priority in planning the construction of healthcare facilities such as health centers and integrated health promoting,” said Assistant II Seta Fauzan Rahim Bengkulu province.

With rare that the problems that still burden the people and government can be reduced and the program achieved towards “Healthy Bengkulu in 2015.”

Kompas.com – the evolving medical technology brings new hope for treatment of various diseases. Elderly man was threatened with blindness can now be helped with a mini telescope implantansi placed inside the eye.

The Implantable Miniature Telescope was aimed to prevent blindness, especially in patients with macular degeneration disease, one of the main causes of blindness in people aged over 50 years. This disease causes the central vision becomes dark so that someone will be difficult to read, watch television or recognize faces.

It is expected that the implanted miniature telescope will help to improve the function of central vision. Meanwhile, the surrounding visual function is usually still pretty good.

“This operation did not restore eyesight was like when people aged 20 years, but fungsi retina can be improved. If previously sulit melihat keseluruhan faces of others, this operation mungkin live nose that looks just a vague,” said Colby Dr.Kathryn, expert eyes from Harvard.

In clinical trials on 210 patients, found 90 percent improvement megnalami vision function. Yet the FDA also warned of side effects from the implant surgery, the corneal damage and deterioration of vision.

About 32 000 lives could be saved each year if they are aged over 50 years of routine check-up by colonoscopy procedure.

Colorectal cancer is the leading cause of death in the world and ranked second in the United States after lung cancer. Yet millions of people still do not undergo recommended, according a new report Institution of the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) this weekend.

Colonoscopy examination is one of the recommended procedure to determine if a person has colorectal cancer or colon cancer. This procedure is usually performed after a series of other clinical examinations, such as physical examination, rectal examination with a finger, and laboratory examination (examination of faeces).

“Tragically, one out of three people who should be tested for colon cancer have not done so,” said CDC Director Thomas Frieden said in a statement.

“Every year, 12,000 people were saved from the results of mammography, and as many as 32 000 more people could be saved if every adult aged 50 years or more it checked regularly to explore the possibilities of colon cancer,” he said.

CDC, which compares that figure with the examination of breast cancer (the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the U.S.), said, “More than 22 million men and women not undergoing colon cancer that potentially save lives.”

Data in the U.S. in 2008 showed, those who have health insurance are listed as among the most easily get access to colonoscopy, and reached 66 percent, compared to non-insurance that only 36 percent.

Symptoms of colorectal cancer, among others, changes in bowel habits (BAB), which includes the frequency and consistency, for no apparent reason. These changes can last more than six weeks. Another symptom is the presence of blood in the stool, abdominal pain in the back, weight loss, and feeling full despite having a bowel movement.

Although there has been no fatwa Indonesian Ulema Council about halalness meningitis vaccine, the Ministry of Health established, all prospective pilgrims vaccinated meningitis meningokokkus New Mencevax ACQ135 Y.

Indonesian Ulema Council was audited three meningitis vaccine producers before eventually issuing a fatwa. “If not given the vaccine, then none of the prospective pilgrim can go because the Government of Saudi Arabia requires the vaccine,” said Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih Health Minister at a news conference, Friday (7/2/2010).

Inoculation meningitis vaccine no later than two weeks before the departure of the first pilgrims kloter on October 14, 2010. Inoculation was conducted in community health centers or hospitals. Ministry of Health is in the process of tendering the provision of vaccines.

Endang said that with the absence of a decision of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) on halalness meningitis vaccine, vaccination is the basis of Indonesian Council of Ulama Fatwa No. U-336/MUI/VI/2010 dated 17 Rajab 1431 or June 30, 2010.

The fatwa was mentioned, in accordance with the MUI Fatwa No. 5 Year 2009 regarding use of meningitis vaccine for Hajj or Umrah Jemaah, the use of meningitis vaccine meningokokkus Y ACQ 135 is not permissible halal (permissible) in an emergency or if urgent conditions (lil female pilgrim to Mecca) . This provision is temporary until the invention of halal vaccines.

Still in session

MUI Fatwa Commission chairman Anwar Ibrahim said, so far no vaccine is otherwise permitted by the MUI. “We’re still in session and will make a decision soon,” Anwar said.

Deputy Secretary of the MUI Fatwa Commission Aminudin Jacob added that the MUI had audited the company directly to the three vaccine manufacturers, namely GlaxoSmithKline Biological (Belgium), Novartis Vaccine and Diagnostic (Italy), and the Tianyuan Bio-Pharmaceutical (China).

Whether or not the issue halal meningitis vaccine is associated with such peptone protease enzyme and the source of the enzyme.

Meningokkus meningitis disease is an inflammation of the membranes lining the brain and nervous tunjang. This disease remains a health threat and Umrah pilgrims. It is still contagious disease in some countries, especially in the meningitis belt of Africa region.

Cases of meningitis in Indonesian pilgrims occurred in 1987, outbreaks of meningitis in Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage season when it was 99 people with confirmed cases and 40 people died