Jepara (ANTARA) \u2013 The Central Java Provincial Government is stepping\nup efforts to accelerate the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) by\nexpanding screening, prevention and treatment down to village level. A\ntotal of 421 villages and urban wards have now been designated TB-alert\nareas.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of 9 October 2026, 421 of Central Java\u2019s 8,563 villages and urban\nwards have TB-alert status,\u201d Central Java Regional Secretary Sumarno\nsaid at a declaration ceremony at the Jepara Regency Hall on\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
He said tackling TB required cooperation and support from many\nparties, making the involvement of village governments and communities\nimportant to speeding up case detection and ensuring patients received\nappropriate care.<\/p>\n
Data up to 9 October 2026 showed that 68,617 TB cases had been\ndetected in Central Java, or 65.08 per cent of the estimated total. The\nproportion of patients who began treatment was 91.76 per cent.<\/p>\n
Treatment success reached 84.07 per cent for drug-susceptible TB and\n79.54 per cent for drug-resistant TB. Meanwhile, Tuberculosis Preventive\nTreatment (TPT) had reached 23.31 per cent of its target of 326,038\npeople.<\/p>\n
Sumarno said these results needed to be matched by stronger\nprevention, especially for people who had been in close contact with TB\npatients. Early case detection, diagnostic testing and treatment\nfollow-up should be carried out in an integrated manner.<\/p>\n
The Central Java Provincial Government is also promoting the\nintegration of the TB Active Case Finding (ACF) programme with primary\nhealthcare services. The integration is expected to align screening,\nreferrals, record-keeping and patient follow-up.<\/p>\n
As of 12 October 2026, Central Java\u2019s CKG health-check programme had\nserved 18.8 million people. The provincial government\u2019s Speling mobile\nspecialist doctor programme had delivered 1,857 sessions, reaching\naround 131,500 people.<\/p>\n
Deputy Health Minister Benyamin Paulus Oktavianus said TB-control\nprogrammes needed to be evaluated regularly to ensure prevention and\ntreatment efforts were effective.<\/p>\n
He praised the intensive screening of close contacts of TB patients\nin Jepara Regency. Of the 161 screening sites targeted, activities had\nbeen conducted at 107.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means the programme is already going very well. We evaluate it\nevery year so that it can improve further,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Benyamin said the challenge in tackling TB was not only ensuring that\npatients completed treatment, but also raising public awareness of the\nneed for testing and prevention before people fell ill.<\/p>\n
He said TB treatment in Indonesia was already working reasonably\nwell, but prevention needed to be strengthened, including by providing\npreventive medication to close contacts who met the relevant medical\ncriteria.<\/p>\n
Benyamin added that the CKG programme was one of the government\u2019s\nefforts to encourage people to take greater responsibility for their\nhealth. Checks and screening are intended to identify disease risks\nearlier, allowing treatment before a person\u2019s condition worsens.<\/p>\n
He also highlighted Central Java\u2019s CKG programme, which is supported\nby the Speling programme, saying that the two initiatives help extend\nhealthcare services to more people.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/421-villages-and-urban-wards-in-central-java-now-on-tb-alert-1791899709", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }