JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded Indonesia to be in the top three in the world regarding the number of tuberculosis (TB) sufferers. Jokowi ordered the tracking of TB sufferers.
The order was conveyed by the President in his introduction to the limited meeting of the Acceleration of TBC Elimination at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 21.
"I need to remind you again that Indonesia is ranked the third highest TB sufferer in the world after India and China," said Jokowi.
TB is one of the ten infectious diseases that causes the most deaths in the world. Jokowi said that the figure was higher than HIV AIDS every year.
Data for 2017 shows that 165 thousand people died from tuberculosis. In 2018, 98 thousand people died from tuberculosis.
The President reminded his staff that Indonesia has a TBC-free target by 2030. For this reason, the President asked to do several things, including tracking tuberculosis sufferers.
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