Diseases Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that is easily spread in recent years show an increase in the number of new cases and the amount of mortality caused by TB.
WHO reported the existence of 3 million people die due to TB each year and estimated 5000 people each day. Regional Southeast Asia bear the heavy part of the global burden of TB around 38% of TB cases worldwide. SKRT in Indonesia based on the department of healthy in 2001, each year found 583,000 people with tuberculosis (TB) and 50% of them (296,000) is the category of acid-resistant bacillus (BTA) is a positive spread, a result 140,000 people die each year.
TB is a burden on the community which is very heavy. This is marked with a prevalence of 13 per 10,000 population (the results of research in 16 provinces in Indonesia in the years 1979-1982 and 1983-1993), one of BTA (bacillus Acid Resistant)-positive can transmit to 10-15 people per year.
TB disease is a problem not only individuals but society has a problem. Pain, and death due to TB have significant consequences for both economic problems of individuals, families, communities, companies and countries.
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