State Representatives at the Forefront

The Health Ministry has dispatched teams of medical workers to 120 community health centers in remote regions. They are at the forefront of health-promotion efforts in the country's outlying areas.

Eight months ago, as Nicky Lauda Jones was completing a posting as a state-commissioned physician in Manokwari, Papua, he was already looking forward to his next assignmen: in Simeulue Island, in Aceh, clear across