Around 80,000 people die each year at risk for the disease.
Standards and Section Chief Tuberculosis Partnership Sub Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Ministry of Health, Nadia, said Tuesday (24/11), the number of new patients with tuberculosis (TB) within one year based on a 2004 survey of about 538,000 people.
Estimated numbers are not much different from year to year due to tuberculosis (TB) is highly infectious and the population continues to increase, he said on the sidelines of the National Workshop on Rights and Obligations of Patients Tb.
Moreover with the increasing number of cases continued to HIV / AIDS. In the vulnerable body condition, tuberculosis became a major threat to people living with HIV / AIDS. Most of them later also suffered from tuberculosis.
Chairman of the Patients Association and the Community Tuberculosis Care Indonesia (pamali), Retnowati WD Tuti said, stigma is a constraint in advocating the eradication of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis sufferers fear and shame that are reluctant to seek treatment. Moreover, people with HIV / AIDS who later suffered from tuberculosis. The burden of disease and the stigma they bear more weight.
Standards and Section Chief Tuberculosis Partnership Sub Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Ministry of Health, Nadia, said Tuesday (24/11), the number of new patients with tuberculosis (TB) within one year based on a 2004 survey of about 538,000 people.
Estimated numbers are not much different from year to year due to tuberculosis (TB) is highly infectious and the population continues to increase, he said on the sidelines of the National Workshop on Rights and Obligations of Patients Tb.
Moreover with the increasing number of cases continued to HIV / AIDS. In the vulnerable body condition, tuberculosis became a major threat to people living with HIV / AIDS. Most of them later also suffered from tuberculosis.
Chairman of the Patients Association and the Community Tuberculosis Care Indonesia (pamali), Retnowati WD Tuti said, stigma is a constraint in advocating the eradication of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis sufferers fear and shame that are reluctant to seek treatment. Moreover, people with HIV / AIDS who later suffered from tuberculosis. The burden of disease and the stigma they bear more weight.