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        "id": 2055835,
        "msgid": "ui-leads-international-research-into-nutrition-based-tb-prevention-1793012012",
        "date": "2026-10-26 16:46:06",
        "title": "UI Leads International Research into Nutrition-Based TB Prevention",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Universitas Indonesia is leading the PHOTON international study examining whether improved nutrition can help prevent tuberculosis among household contacts of TB patients. With Indonesia carrying the world\u2019s second-highest TB burden, researchers say the findings could strengthen evidence for national and global prevention strategies, while placing Indonesian scientists in a leadership role.",
        "content": "<p>Indonesia is not merely a research site but is actively contributing\nscientific leadership, from formulating research questions and protocols\nto designing and conducting the study alongside international and\nnational partners.<\/p>\n<p>Depok (ANTARA) \u2013 Universitas Indonesia (UI) is leading international\nresearch into tuberculosis (TB) prevention among household contacts of\nTB patients. The study is expected to strengthen the scientific evidence\nunderpinning TB prevention strategies in Indonesia and globally.<\/p>\n<p>UI Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation, Students and Alumni Hamdi\nMuluk said at the Depok campus on Monday that universities have a\nstrategic role in producing research capable of addressing complex\nhealth challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Health has officially launched the Prevention\nof Household Tuberculosis with Optimal Nutrition (PHOTON) study.<\/p>\n<p>Hamdi said UI\u2019s involvement in PHOTON demonstrated the university\u2019s\ncommitment to producing scientific evidence that can support\nresearch-based policymaking.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia currently ranks second among countries with the highest TB\nburden worldwide, with more than one million new cases each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first study of this scale to be carried out, making it a\nsignificant achievement for Indonesia. We are proud to contribute robust\nevidence through a scientific approach to support policymaking,\u201d Hamdi\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTON was prompted by the need for stronger scientific evidence on\nthe relationship between nutritional status and the risk of TB.<\/p>\n<p>Rina Agustina, director of the Center for Global Resilience in Health\nand Nutrition (C-GRHEN) and PHOTON\u2019s principal investigator in\nIndonesia, said nutritional interventions could serve as a complementary\nstrategy to protect vulnerable groups and help accelerate TB\nelimination.<\/p>\n<p>UI, through C-GRHEN, will lead the research in Indonesia in\ncollaboration with the Summit Institute for Development (SID), Siklus\nIndonesia and the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n<p>In Tanzania, the study is being led by the National Institute for\nMedical Research (NIMR). The research is funded by the Gates Foundation,\nthe Wellcome Trust and the Novo Nordisk Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Rina said PHOTON was significant not only because of its scale, but\nalso because it demonstrated Indonesia\u2019s active role in global\nscientific leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndonesia is not merely a research site but is actively contributing\nscientific leadership, from formulating research questions and protocols\nto designing and conducting the study alongside international and\nnational partners,\u201d she said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ui-leads-international-research-into-nutrition-based-tb-prevention-1793012012",
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