5 Percent Of APBD For Kelurahan Will Be Used By The DKI Provincial Government To Overcome The Spread Of TB

Acting Governor Of DKI Heru Budi Hartono/DOK PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono said the DKI Provincial Government plans to use the sub-district budget allocation from 5 percent of the APBD to overcome the spread of tuberculosis (TBC).

The 5 percent provision for regional budgets for sub-districts is regulated in the Law on Special Regions of Jakarta (UU DKJ) which was issued in line with the transfer of the capital city to Nusantara, East Kalimantan.

"In this DKJ Law, about five percent of the budget must be allocated to the sub-district, so this can be used for the program to complete the TB," said Heru at the National Library, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, May 8.

Currently, there are 60 thousand TB cases in Jakarta. A total of 59 thousand cases are drug-sensitive, while 1,203 cases or 2 percent of them are cases that are immune to drugs.

The TB recovery rate in Jakarta is still up to 81 percent. Meanwhile, the DKI Provincial Government is targeting a 90 percent cure rate.

Therefore, Heru asked all his staff to further intensify the prevention of the spread of TB disease. The handling of this more intensive TB prevention, referred to by Heru, needs to be done in order to make Jakarta free of TB in 2030.

Heru emphasized that the handling of the comprehensive TB case must be carried out by the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government without distinguishing Jakarta residents and outside the region.

"Even though he is a non-Jakarta resident, for example, when he is treated in Jakarta, this resident must be informed to the village head, or the village head or the local sub-district head. My hope can be handled properly," explained Heru.

Heru announced Tuberculosis Alert Village (TBC). The TBC Alert Village will open in 267 RW which will be built from today until September 2024.

This effort will be continued with Innovation for the Acceleration of TB Management in carrying out basic health services related to TB, community empowerment, and massive health promotions in each TBC Alert Village that has been formed.