TB Death Risk Higher Than Bird Flu

RISK patient deaths Tuberculosis (TB) is much greater than the deaths caused by the spread of  bird flu  virus  or Avian Influenza (AI). Director of Direct Transmitted Disease Control (P2ML) (MOH), Tjandra Yoga said, judging from the number of deaths that occurred, every year there is 88 thousand deaths from tuberculosis  in Indonesia.

"If the amount is divided by 365 days a year, an average of 200 deaths from TB occur in a day," he said as quoted by Antara.

He compares the facts with the spread of bird flu in this country which has caused 133 people infected, in which 108 patients of whom died.

"But that should still be wary of bird flu pandemic is if it happens," he said.
   
He said, in the case of tuberculosis, a decline in the number of patients in 1990 compared to last. At present, he added, the number of tuberculosis patients in Indonesia reached about 250 thousand people. Decreased compared to 1999, which reached about 282 thousand people.

"Likewise, the number of deaths from tuberculosis, from 193 thousand per annum in the 1990s, quinine is only about 88 thousand per year," he said.
   
One effort is considered successful in suppressing these TB patients is with the strategy of directly observed treatment shortcourse (DOTS), namely the direct supervision through short-term treatment. However, he also recognizes that not all hospitals in Indonesia are already apply this system.

"Only about 20-30 percent of hospitals that have applied this system," he said.

Even worse, he added, is minimal, even almost no practitioners who use these DOTS strategy.

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