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Need to tackle smoking to prevent TB increase: ministry

The Health Ministry has said that five factors could lead to higher tuberculosis (TB) incidence in Indonesia, with ...

31.7% of provinces now have TB-handling units: ministry

The Home Affairs Ministry has informed that 31.7 percent of the 38 provinces in Indonesia as well as 34.1 percent of ...

Financial protection necessary for TB patients: Minister Muhadjir

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has highlighted the importance of financial ...

Home Affairs Minister urges regions to form TB handling teams

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has urged regional governments to form a tuberculosis (TB) handling team in their ...

Health transformation helps push economic growth: Minister Airlangga

Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto underscored the need for health transformation to encourage ...

Need to end stigma to eliminate TB: ministry

The Ministry of Health has urged all Indonesians to help end the negative stigma surrounding tuberculosis (TB) so that ...

India's success in handling tuberculosis must be emulated by Indonesia

The Indonesian Lung Doctors Association's (PDPI's) Honorary Council Chairman, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, affirmed ...

Aggressive contact tracing key to fight TB: Health official

The Ministry of Health highlighted the need to step up contact investigation as part of the efforts to realize the ...

Companies must protect employees with TB from stigma: ministry

Director of prevention and control of infectious diseases at the Health Ministry, Imran Pambudi, has informed that ...

Jakarta expedites TB control efforts with TB alert villages

The Jakarta Provincial Government is accelerating efforts to control tuberculosis (TB) in order to free the ...

Indonesia's drug-sensitive TB cases recorded at 808,000 in 2023: govt

Deputy for communicable disease prevention and control at the Health Ministry, Imran Pambudi, said that in 2023, the ...

Vaccine candidates, therapies expected to control tuberculosis: Expert

Health expert Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama said that vaccine candidates and the development of the latest therapeutic ...

Ministry calls for integrating TB, stunting treatment for children

The Ministry of Health has underlined the importance of integrating tuberculosis (TB) and stunting treatment to ensure ...

Simpler drug-resistant TB treatment urged to prevent crisis: Official

The Ministry of Health has said that the treatment of people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) needs to be made ...

Ministry highlights importance of collaboration to eliminate TB

The Ministry of Health highlighted that community engagement and participation play an critical role in tuberculosis ...