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Article: NUMBER OF TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN INDONESIA DECREASES.
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- ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2004
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Jakarta, March 24 (ANTARA) - The number of Indonesia's tuberculosis patients in 2003 has dropped from 130 per 100,000 people to 100 per 100,000 people, Health Minister Achmad Sujudi said on Wednesday.
"The decrease is due to the fact that tuberculosis patients were ready to receive medical treatment at public health service centers (Puskesmas) and hospitals," Achmad said during the ceremony to commemorate the 122nd World Tuberculosis Day here. He also attributed the government's success in keeping the rate in check to the patients' will to take medication for six months non-stop, based on the WHO's Directly Observed Treatment/Therapy Short Course ...