Current treatment initiation is at 84 percent of the 95 percent target while treatment success is at 80 percent of the 90 percent target.
“TB case detection still requires acceleration. To do so, the government has been carrying out efforts that are being implemented simultaneously," Government Communications Agency head Muhammad Qodari told the press on Wednesday.
To accelerate detection the government has included tuberculosis screening in its free health checks program for the public and workers.
Screenings for workers have been implemented in 16 ministries and will be expanded to 50 other government agencies.
The government is also improving facilities for screening such as Near Point of Care Testing (NPOCT) equipment and X-ray examinations at community health centers.
Qodari said integrated contact tracing within the free health checks program has been implemented in 13 districts and cities across West Java and Central Java.
The initiative targets 5,500 patient contacts from April to May 2026 and will be gradually expanded to the national level.
The government is also encouraging community empowerment through the establishment of villages that remain alert to the disease.
To date over 6,000 villages and subdistricts across 23 provinces have committed to independent prevention and control through screening, tracing, treatment assistance, preventive therapy and nutritional support.
"The government is targeting the establishment of TB-prepared villages in 30 percent of all villages in Indonesia. Of the total 70,000 villages, there are currently 6,000, meaning only around 9 percent have been identified, while the target is 30 percent," Qodari explained.
The government is also targeting the renovation of 8,000 houses for patients by 2026 in priority areas with a high caseload.
To date 5,453 houses have been proposed for renovation to help curb the transmission of the disease within households.
Tuberculosis remains a serious public health issue with more than one million people falling ill every year in Indonesia.
The country has the second highest burden for the disease in the world according to the World Health Organization.
The government is encouraging rapid action through massive early detection which targets reaching 130 million people by 2026.
Hope for elimination also relies on innovation with more than 100 diagnostic tools, 29 TB drugs, and 18 vaccine candidates currently under development.
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