[Kabar-indonesia] 34,000 infected with TB in C. Java

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The Jakarta Post
Tuesday, November 7, 2006

34,000 infected with TB in C. Java

SEMARANG, Central Java: The number of people infected with
tuberculosis has reached at least 34,761 in Central Java, an
official said Monday.

The head of the communicable disease prevention unit at the
Central Java Health Office, Lily Herawati, said this meant
that the province, which has a population of 32 million
people, has a ratio of 107 people with TB for every 100,000
residents, based on data collected up until the third
quarter of this year.

"We're striving to wipe out this disease by ordering each
community health center or integrated health service post to
search for and monitor the development of TB infections in
their area," Lily said.

She said many TB cases remained undetected by health
officers, and that the real level of TB infection was
probably higher than the official figure.

Out of the total number of people with TB, only 13,010 or 37
percent have been treated by the health office, she said.

"Our aim is to treat up to 70 percent of them," she added.

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