{"title":"Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Medical Treatment Efforts in Indonesia in the Year 2020","authors":"Helyani ., Ramadhan Tosepu, Devi Savitri Effendy","doi":"10.18502/kls.v0i0.11763","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria which affects the lungs. Tuberculosis (TB) has become a public health problem in Indonesia and around the world. Tuberculosis prevention is one of the goals of the Sustainable Health Development (SDGs). In the year 2020, 17.3% of TB patients were 45-54 years old, 16.8% were 25-34 years old, and 16.7% were 15-24 years old. The treatment coverage (TC) of Tuberculosis cases in the year 2020 was 41.7%, which was lower than three years ago. Tuberculosis medical treatment needs to be improved since the percentage was (82.7%). \nKeywords: tuberculosis, mycobacterium, health, lungs","PeriodicalId":17898,"journal":{"name":"KnE Life Sciences","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"KnE Life Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18502/kls.v0i0.11763","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria which affects the lungs. Tuberculosis (TB) has become a public health problem in Indonesia and around the world. Tuberculosis prevention is one of the goals of the Sustainable Health Development (SDGs). In the year 2020, 17.3% of TB patients were 45-54 years old, 16.8% were 25-34 years old, and 16.7% were 15-24 years old. The treatment coverage (TC) of Tuberculosis cases in the year 2020 was 41.7%, which was lower than three years ago. Tuberculosis medical treatment needs to be improved since the percentage was (82.7%).
Keywords: tuberculosis, mycobacterium, health, lungs