Indonesia needs to triple its funding to control tuberculosis – here's where to start
- Written by Rahmah Aulia Zahra, Children, Social Welfare, and Health Research Officer, Resilience Development Initiative (RDI)
Image of a tuberculosis patient.
Myupchar/Wikipedia, CC BY-SAIndonesia is still struggling to fight tuberculosis (TB), with the second-highest number of cases worldwide.
In 2021, one study estimated Indonesia had a staggering incidence rate of TB 759 cases per 100,000 people – more than double the World Health Organization’s 2021...




