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    "data": {
        "id": 1851603,
        "msgid": "jakarta-lung-doctors-association-ready-to-support-respiratory-health-programmes-1783662872",
        "date": "2026-07-10 12:12:10",
        "title": "Jakarta Lung Doctors Association Ready to Support Respiratory Health Programmes",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Health Policy",
        "summary": "The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association (PDPI) has pledged to support government respiratory health programmes, particularly in South Jakarta. The association plans to coordinate with local health centres to provide education and health screenings. This comes as Jakarta reports 54,305 tuberculosis cases in 2025, a decrease from the previous year.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Society of\nRespiratory Medicine (PDPI) has stated it is ready to cooperate and\nsupport lung and respiratory health programmes in Jakarta, particularly\nin South Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts members, namely lung specialists (as city residents) in each\ndistrict (in South Jakarta), are ready to coordinate with local\ncommunity health centres (Puskesmas),\u201d said Professor Tjandra Yoga\nAditama, Advisor to the PDPI Jakarta Branch, in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned several forms of support that could be provided,\nincluding counselling, education, and lung health examinations.<\/p>\n<p>Areas of activity that could be covered include tuberculosis (TB)\ncontrol, which is a priority of the central government and the Jakarta\nProvincial Government, including in South Jakarta, carbon monoxide level\nchecks for employees, and the application of the PUMA questionnaire\n(Predictive Model for COPD in Primary Care) to detect the risk of\nChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, continuous education is needed until the public\nunderstands tuberculosis, including how it is transmitted, its symptoms,\nwhen to seek examination, and treatment until fully recovered \u2014 and most\nimportantly, that there should be no stigma attached to TB.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to data from the Jakarta Provincial Health\nOffice as of 8 December 2025, TB case findings in Jakarta reached 54,305\ncases (77 per cent of the target), comprising 53,343 drug-susceptible TB\n(DS-TB) cases and 962 drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) cases.<\/p>\n<p>This figure represents a decline in case findings compared with the\nsame period in 2024, which reached 66,072 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these cases were discovered passively or through healthcare\nfacilities, including hospitals and community health centres.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, of the cases found throughout 2025, 49,017 TB patients\n(90 per cent) have undergone treatment, comprising 48,523 DS-TB patients\nand the remainder DR-TB patients.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jakarta-lung-doctors-association-ready-to-support-respiratory-health-programmes-1783662872",
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